Mr Owens has thus won quite a lot of support from businesspeople for his referendums.
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Referendums would have been lost in many other countries had their people been given a say.
Those who ask for referendums want to vote against the EU and their own government.
In Venezuela he helped destroy democracy and reduced it to mere referendums on his persona.
The government says there are about 20 other neighbourhood planning referendums in the pipeline.
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Both sides would also have to agree to hold referendums to endorse a settlement plan.
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And for the big issues he wants referendums "to vote the way people want".
Oregon and Washington have passed right-to-die laws, but they did so through voter referendums.
But the great thing about referendums is that the public always have the final say.
To Scottish and Welsh voters alike, therefore, The Economist says: vote yes in your September referendums.
It was subsequently pushed through the parliaments of the member states without allowing any more referendums.
Some in Mr Berlusconi's Forza Italia, the right's biggest party, believe the referendums favour modernity.
Ballot measures can take various forms, from initiatives to constitutional amendments, bond issues or referendums.
Indeed, Lisbon was explicitly designed to be ratified by national parliaments, and to avoid referendums.
Since 1997, there have been thirty one referendums on the idea of setting up mayors.
Referendums to create elected assemblies would have to wait until after the next election.
Several countries will hold referendums by the end of the year, including Portugal, the Netherlands and France.
Our children, as extensions of, and referendums on, ourselves, bring this fury out to its fullest extent.
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Jack Straw, the home secretary, immediately attacked the demand for neutrality in referendums and may reject this proposal.
Referendums, such as the one 13 years ago about whether Australia should become a republic, frequently fail.
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Some have called for future treaties to be ratified by Europe-wide referendums held on a single day.
In a country where elections are in effect referendums on the government, this result suggested crumbling legitimacy.
The French and Dutch referendums have kyboshed further integration for quite a while, and perhaps for ever.
Only eight of 44 amending referendums over the past 97 years have succeeded, all on non-contentious issues.
Or why not let the tough choices be taken by referendums , as so often in Switzerland?
That bill includes proposals for directly elected regional assemblies where people call for them in local referendums.
Might there be referendums to decide under whose flag the inhabitants of contested areas want to live?
Voters in both countries seem to believe that referendums do, in fact, lend legitimacy to important decisions.
It ended in a compromise: there will be more referendums, but they will be consultative, not binding.
The states of Washington, Maine and Maryland all legalized same-sex marriages in referendums during the 2012 general election.
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