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.
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.
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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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.
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.
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.
Communities secretary Eric Pickles is pushing ahead with plans to create more elected mayors and enable local referendums.
Referendums will be held in other cities to decide whether to have a directly-elected mayor in the future.
Discussing the often "inward-looking" history of EU negotiations, Mr Gordon said that "referendums have often turned countries inward".
Indian elections are not national referendums but summings-up of contests in some two dozen states (plus various territories).
Labour peer Lord Rooker, who proposed the original amendment, said it set a dangerous precedent for future referendums.
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In contrast to previous referendums, which were problems for the entire EU, Ireland holds no power of veto.
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