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Word: toreferendum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Usage:

...Senate could also move to send the bill toreferendum, giving voters the power to decide thelegislation's future. While some representativessaid they did not feel civil rights issues shouldbe decided by ballot, LaFontaine says he isconfident the bill would win in Massachusetts butadds, "It would be a very costly effort...

Author: By Chip Cummins, | Title: Legislature Debates Gay Rights | 10/2/1989 | See Source »

...Nussbaum '86, who saidthat he was "overjoyed" at the result of thereferendum, said that he did not believe that theresults of the referendum would have an immediateor linear impact on tomorrow's election forcouncil officers. "I don't think that the electionresults [will] necessarily correlate one-to-one toreferendum results," he said...

Author: By Stacie A. Lipp, | Title: Students Say Yes to Divestment, Support Council Action on Issue | 2/8/1986 | See Source »

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