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Voting for the referendum commenced on 27 August 2014, with the receipt of ballots by postal voters. As of 15 August, 680,235 eligible voters had registered for postal voting, a 20% increase compared with March 2014. [64] During the postal vote phase, Police Scotland arrested a man from Glasgow on suspicion of selling his vote on eBay. [65]
Several allegations of unlawful campaigning and Russian interference arose during and after the referendum. The results recorded 51.9% of the votes cast being in favour of leaving. Most areas of England and Wales had a majority for Leave, and the majority of voters in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Greater London and Gibraltar chose Remain. Voter ...
The Crimean status referendum of 2014 was a disputed referendum [1] [2] on March 16, 2014, concerning the status of Crimea that was conducted in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (both subdivisions of Ukraine) after Russian forces seized control of Crimea. [3] The referendum was held amidst Russia's annexation of Crimea.
On 14 March, the Crimean status referendum was deemed unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, [201] and a day later, the Verkhovna Rada formally dissolved the Crimean parliament. [42] With a referendum looming, Russia massed troops near the Ukrainian eastern border, [202] likely to threaten escalation and stymie Ukraine's response.
The outcome of the referendum was debated by the Church of England's General Synod on 8 July, where Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby ruled out supporting a second referendum. [239] The idea of a second referendum was also rejected by Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood, who favoured a general election following negotiations instead. [240]
The tight referendum result puts Sandu in a weaker position going into the second round since she has championed EU integration. Moldova began the long process of formal accession talks in June ...
The UK and Scottish governments are on opposing sides in a key constitutional question.
The technical name of these types of votes used internationally is referendum, but within the United States they are commonly known as ballot measures, propositions or ballot questions. The term referendum in the United States normally refers specifically to questions about striking down enacted law, known internationally as the popular referendum.