A popular referendum allows citizens to petition to overturn a law passed by their state legislature. Currently, 24 states have an initiative and referendum process written into their constitutions.

A zoning overlay change the council made earlier this year to two blocks of downtown Petaluma is officially suspended, with a ...

A federal judge lambasted city officials this week for what he described as Virginia Beach’s “intentional effort to avoid ...

When we talk about a referendum, we mean a vote of the Australian people on a proposed change to the Australian Constitution. The Constitution is the legal framework for how Australia is governed.

This referendum question was passed over a Democrat-supported advisory referendum that would have asked voters if the state should replace the 1849 abortion ban. "(Republicans') ...

A referendum is a public question that a local governmental unit, such as a school corporation, places on a ballot. A majority of voters decides in the election whether to approve the additional tax.

This referendum, which generates about $26 million a year for the district, expires by the end of 2023. Operating referendum money cannot be used on capital or construction projects.

People display Catalonia independence flags during a gathering, Sept. 22, 2017, to protest the judicial and police operation against the planned October 1 independence referendum in Catalonia, Spain.

The referendum could ease some of these pressures. A person votes during a referendum on employment and Italian citizenship at a polling station in Rome, Italy, June 8, 2025 [Matteo Minnella/Reuters] ...

— -- In a bold step toward an uncertain future, the Kurdish people living in northern Iraq are heading to the polls today to cast their ballots in a referendum for independence. Ironically ...

The referendum is asking about voter ID, a decade-old rule in Wisconsin that requires voters to show photo identification at polls or when requesting an absentee ballot.