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...want a laugh, my angst-ridden American friend? In Canada, the leader of the right-wing Canadian Alliance Party, STOCKWELL DAY, proposed an easier way to decide whether to hold a referendum: if just 3% of voters sign a petition. In response, a TV show circulated an Internet petition to get the government to demand that Day change his first name to Doris. After three days it received more signatures than required--although it may have helped that anyone could sign a number of times...
After Guei came to power in a coup last winter, he established a transition government that included rival parties and promised a quick return to democracy. After a constitutional referendum that the nation, including opposition parties, widely supported earlier this year, Guei followed insidiously in the steps of Bedie by seeking to eliminate Ouattara and several other opposition candidates from the presidential elections...
...contrast, the student body might never vote to raise the term bill, Lewis explained Monday, because of students' "equivocal confidence" in the council and their unwillingness to pay more money. A student referendum to raise the term bill fee to $50 narrowly failed last December...
...simply calling a new election himself after serving only 18 months of his four-year term. Having failed to coax hawkish opposition leader Ariel Sharon into a national unity government, Barak found his minority government isolated in the legislature. By calling new elections, he's opted for a referendum on how Israel should respond to the political crisis brought on by the collapse of the peace process. But his chances of reelection may depend on his ability to calm the situation in the Palestinian territories and make new progress towards peace between now and election...
...Referendum on Peace...