Word: referendum
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bosnian Serb assembly, following up on a threat made yesterday, voted unanimously to put a peace plan, sponsored by the West, to a referendum by the end of August. The Bosnian Serb population is expected to follow their leaders' cue and reject the plan...
Bosnian Serb leaders say they may call for a referendum on a proposed peace strategy, but the move is just another rejection of the Western-sponsored plan. "It's a way of shirking responsibility," says TIME's Central Europe Bureau Chief James Graff. "The people are sure to reject the plan because that's the message they are getting from their government." More critical is the next step taken by Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic. He has criticized the Bosnian Serbs for dismissing the latest peace plan. Milosevic has a lot to gain by ending the conflict and pushing the United...
...court ruled that a referendum on rent control does not violate the "home rule" provision in the state constitution...
...city of Cambridge and several activists filed a complaint charging that a referendum on rent control infringed on this right, and a hearing was held on May 5. The suit came in the wake of a petition calling for a vote on the price ceilings...
...said she hasn't started planning apre-referendum push but hopes to build a networkaround small property owners...