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plebiscite::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | vote |
Examples of plebiscite
plebiscite
No journalist has ever been able to find such a comment prior to the plebiscite.
From the forbes.com
Three months after that, she hopes to put the document to a national plebiscite.
From the time.com
Along with this election, voters got to also vote in a province wide plebiscite.
From the en.wikipedia.org
If we had a plebiscite on it today, polls show the president's plan would lose.
From the washingtontimes.com
As more territories were acquired accession to the USA was often by plebiscite.
From the economist.com
On 15 September 1946, a plebiscite was held in the presence of the Soviet army.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The resulting plebiscite in April showed that the citizens were against cityhood.
From the en.wikipedia.org
At the end of that time a plebiscite was to determine the Saar's future status.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In the plebiscite, 707,605 votes were cast for Germany, and 479,359 for Poland.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance
- A referendum (also known as a plebiscite or a ballot question) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. ...
- A referendum, especially one that concerns changes in sovereignty
- The United Nations Trusteeship Council held a plebiscite in 1961 in respect of reunification of Southern Cameroons (anglophone) with the newly independent Republic of Cameroon (francophone). Southern Cameroonians voted by more than two to one to reunify with the Republic See DeLancey 1989, pp 41-43.
- A vote by all voters on a topic, for example in a referendum, or by members of a party to decide on a candidate
- A vote of an entire nation or other large political unit on a question of great importance. As there are no candidates, a plebiscite is not an election. Instead, people vote yes or no on a proposition, rather like a referendum. ...
- A device of direct democracy whereby the electorate can pronounce, usually for or against, some measure put before it by a government. Also known as a referendum. ...
- An issue put before the electorate which does not affect the Constitution.
- Basically, a poll of the electorate's opinion on a subject. In most other countries, the terms plebiscite and referendum are used interchangeably, but in Australia, referendum tends to be reserved for the process by which the Constitution is amended. ...
