The population of Armenia voted overwhelmingly for independence in a September 1991 referendum, followed by a presidential election in October 1991 that gave 83 % of the vote to Levon Ter-Petrosyan.

There were mounting calls for the President's resignation in early 2004 with thousands of demonstrators taking to the streets in support of demands for a referendum of confidence in him.

* 1999 – East Timor voted for independence from Indonesia in a referendum.

* 1993 – Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.

As the February 28, 2008 deadline to approve or reject CAFTA loomed, Arias decided to call for the referendum himself, and it took take place on October 7, 2007.

Following a constitutional referendum of July 2000, the president of the CNSP decided to run for president, and indeed declared himself president after the elections of 22 October 2000.

In 2001, a group of activists collected thousands of signatures for the Varela Project, a petition requesting a referendum on the island's political process was openly supported by former US president Jimmy Carter during his historic 2002 visit to Cuba.

For example, Australian left-wing " true believers " levelled it at supporters of the failed republic referendum of 1999 ( where the vote was split not along conventional party lines but very much along socio-economic divides, with the rich overwhelmingly supporting the change while the less well-off were opposed – a superficially bizarre pattern for a non-economic issue ).

In 1984, a proposal for a $ 150 million domed stadium was defeated in a referendum 2 – 1.

Other people called for the General Secretary to either be elected by the people, or a " kind of party referendum ".

Specifically, this demand for political democracy implies complete freedom to agitate for secession and for a referendum on secession by the seceding nation.

He also signed the Worker's Compensation Act of 1910, which required a compulsory, employer-paid plan of compensation for workers injured in hazardous industries and a voluntary system for other workers ; after the New York Court of Appeals ruled the law unconstitutional in 1911, a popular referendum was held that successfully made the law an amendment in the New York Constitution.

On 18 and 19 December 2005, a successful nationwide referendum was carried out on a draft constitution which set the stage for elections in 2006.

The issue is being postponed for the time being, or until a large coalition of political parties support holding a referendum.

Hassan Gouled Aptidon, a Somali politician who had campaigned for a yes vote in the referendum of 1958, eventually wound up as the nation's first president ( 1977 – 1999 ).

* 1991 – Cold War: Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union.

Following the return of the Labour Party to government in 1997, Dewar became the Secretary of State for Scotland and campaigned for a ' Yes-Yes ' vote in the successful referendum on Scottish devolution.

In Scotland's first referendum on devolution, held in March 1979, he campaigned for a " Yes " vote alongside the Conservative Alick Buchanan-Smith and the Liberal Russell Johnston.

On 19 March, a constitutional referendum was voted on and passed reforming the laws surrounding the power and election of the presidency, limiting the presidency to two four-year terms, providing judicial supervision of elections, requiring the president to appoint a deputy, calling for a commission to draft a new constitution following the parliamentary election, and providing easier access to presidential elections by candidates ( 30, 000 signatures from at least 15 provinces, 30 members of a chamber of the legislature, or nomination by a party holding at least one seat in the legislature ).

In the presence of a UN observer team, a referendum was held on August 11, 1968, and 63 % of the electorate voted in favor of the constitution, which provided for a government with a General Assembly and a Supreme Court with judges appointed by the president.

In 2010, a new constitution was adopted by referendum, establishing a Fourth Republic, which sustained the democratic, multi-party structure established in the previous constitution.

The current government is promoting independence – by means of a general election ( that is, the government of the day would have the power to decide whether to go independent or not ) as opposed to a referendum ( a direct vote by the people ) – by establishing a committee to investigate ( though the committee is notably staffed with party members, and without representation by the opposition party ).

In order to hold the 2005 referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, a different law was temporarily put in place.

In 1997, following the election of a Labour government committed to devolution for Wales, a further referendum was narrowly won, establishing the National Assembly for Wales.

On May 29, 2005, French voters in the referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe turned down the proposed charter by a wide margin.

On 29 May 2005, French voters in the referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe turned down the proposed document by a wide margin.

While Libération still has a decidedly self-described left-wing progressive editorial line − generally supportive of causes such as anti-racism, feminism, and workers ' rights − Edouard de Rothschild's entrance in its capital ( 37 %) in 2005 and editor Serge July's campaign for the " yes " vote in the referendum establishing a Constitution for Europe the same year alienated it from a number of its left-wing readers.

In 2005, during the referendum campaign on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe ( TCE ), the PCF supported the ' No ' side alongside other left-wing groups, much of the Socialist Party, the Greens, and right wing eurosceptics.

Later that year the Scottish people voted overwhelmingly in favour of establishing the devolved Scottish Parliament in a referendum, and the first elections for that body took place in 1999.

In 1998, he served as a member of the Scottish Constitutional Convention where he pioneered the Scottish devolution referendum success, establishing the Scottish Parliament.

A referendum was expected to take place in the United Kingdom in 2006 to decide whether the country should ratify the proposed Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe.

On 26 January 2005 the government announced that the question asked in the referendum will be: " Should the United Kingdom approve the treaty establishing a constitution for the European Union?

He began setting up a socialist system, which was approved in a referendum held on December 21, 1975, establishing the Second Republic ; Ratsiraka was also elected President for a seven-year term in this referendum, which received the backing of 95 % of voters according to official results.

Some believe that by not electing McGwire to the Hall the voters were establishing a " referendum " on how they would treat players from the " Steroid Era ".

The first further variation was the one-of-a-kind institutional referendum in 1946, before the constitution was written, in which voters had to choose between retaining the monarchy or establishing a republic.

* Italian referendum, 1946-retaining the Italian monarchy or establishing a republic-republican victory

A referendum on the treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe was held in Spain on 20 February 2005.

The Dutch referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe was a consultative referendum that was held on 1 June 2005 to decide if the Netherlands would ratify the proposed Constitution of the European Union.

The Czech referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe was expected to take place in 2006 to decide whether the Czech Republic should ratify the proposed Constitution of the European Union.

The Luxembourg referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe is a referendum that was held on 10 July 2005 to decide whether Luxembourg should ratify the proposed Constitution of the European Union.

The French referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe was held on 29 May 2005 to decide whether France should ratify the proposed Constitution of the European Union.