Referendum

Who Needs a Greek Government?

Peter Alexander Meyers | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Efficiency, Polanyi, Papandreou, Syriza, Elections 2012, Referendum, Merkel, Greek Debt Crisis, Capitalism, Euro, Pasok, Greece, New Democracy, Alexis Tsipras, Legitimacy, Samaras, Tsipras, World News
Peter Alexander Meyers

Greeks must decide to stay or go. Perhaps that is why it failed to come before the people. Perhaps that is why, when on May 6 the election was played out in a way that minimized the literal and more important question -- "Do you want to adopt the new agreement?" -- it failed again.

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John Celock

GOP Lawmaker Pushes Progressive Law

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 12.16.2011

Read More: William O'Brien, New Hampshire Politics, Referendum, New-Hampshire-Legislature, Voter-Referendum, Ohio SB 5, Ohio Issue 2, Maine Voter Registration Law, Video, David Bates, Voter Registration, New Hampshire, Sb 5, New-Hampshire-Constitution, Gay Marriage, Politics News

Several 2011 legislative sessions across the country have seen progressives harnessing popular power to counteract more conservative legislation. Now,...

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Better Than Failure: Super Committee Can Set Up a 'National Referendum,' Avoid Sequestration

Paul Abrams | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Referendum, Failure, Debt, Super Committee Deadline, Congress, Super Committee, Congress Super Committee, Sequester, Sequestration, Politics News
Paul Abrams

The Super Committee can still salvage something that, for a Congress whose approval rating is just slightly north of Fidel Castro's, would actually make the American people feel empowered.

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John Celock

Political Fight Over College Nickname Escalates

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: North Dakota Politics, Governor-Jack-Dalrymple, University of North Dakota, North Dakota Constitution, North Dakota Legislature, North Dakota Fighting Sioux, Spirit-Lake-Tribe, Native Americans, Ncaa, Referendum, Sports Nicknames, Fighting Sioux, Video, Politics News

North Dakota may be the next state where voters will be asked to slap down their local legislature. The bone of contention is nothing less than the fu...

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John Celock

UPDATE: Democrats Get Enough Signatures To Overturn Ohio Voting Law

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Ohio Voting Rights, Issue 2, Referendum, Same-Day Voter Registration, Ohio Politics, Brennan Center, Ohio Issue 2, Video, Ohio Referendum, Election Laws, Ohio-Legislature, Early Voting, Voting Rights, State and Local Government, John Kasich, Ohio Early Voting, Politics News

Democrats and progressives in Ohio have just over a week to gather 10,000 more petition signatures to force a referendum to overturn the state's contr...

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A Way-Out for the Super Committee... and the Country

Paul Abrams | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Referendum, Fat Tax, Congress, Budget, Ryan Budget, Deficit, Supercommittee, 2012, Super Committee, Politics News
Paul Abrams

Each side wants the most it can get, but it must consider that the other side may decide to relinquish some of what it wants to get closer to what it estimates the American people want.

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John Celock

Washington State Voters To Vote On Privatizing Liquor Sales

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Costco Wholesale, Liquor-Control-Board, Costco Liquor, Video, Washington Politics, Alcohol Sales, Liquor Sales, Trader Joes, Alcohol, Referendum, Costco Wholesale Corp, Washington Liquor Control Board, Washington Alcohol Sales, Prohibition, Politics News

Washington State voters are being asked to consider privatizing the state's alcohol sales system during Tuesday's election. A year after a similar ...

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The Only Major Counterweight to Economic or Political Power Is People Power

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Referendum, President, Hugo Chavez, Mayor Bloomberg, Schools Chancellor Cathie Black, Michael Bloomberg, Fema, Education, Cathie Black, New York City, Barack Obama, Politics News, Occupy Wall Street Protest, Occupy Wall Street Protests, Occupy Wall Street, Bloomberg, #Occupywallstreet, Chancellor Joel Klein, New York News
Howard Steven Friedman

In a democracy, it is the people who need to have the power, not just the rich and powerful. Let us hope that Americans learn that their rights are very tenuous and need to be protected, rather than simply taken for granted.

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Gay Marriage Advocates Fight Back In Maine

AP | DAVID SHARP | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Ssm, Gay Marriage Support, Same Same Marriage, Maine Gay Marriage, Referendum, Gay Marriage Advocates, Election 2012, Gay Marriage, Maine, 2012, Politics News

LEWISTON, Maine — Gay marriage supporters began laying the groundwork Thursday for another referendum on the issue, hoping to build on momentum ...

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Taking the Initiative

Nicholas Stephanopoulos | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Referendum, Redistricting, Gerrymandering, Ballot Initiative, Democrats, 2012 Election, Politics News
Nicholas Stephanopoulos

Democrats and good-government advocates, then, have nothing to lose (and much to gain) by pushing for redistricting initiatives and referenda everywhere that they are available in 2012.

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The Rogue Five: Courageous

Maurice Jourdane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes Vote, Rogue 5, California Budget Crisis, Good Republicans, Governor-Brown, Anthony Cannella, Sam Blakeslee, Tom Berryhill, Tom Harman, Referendum, Bill Emmerson, Jon Fleischman, Los Angeles News
Maurice Jourdane

In California a battle continues over whether to allow the people to vote whether to continue the current state tax rates or receive reduced state services like education and security on our streets.

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The Referendum for Northern Sudan's Self-Determination?

Mohamed El Dahshan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Referendum, Sudan, Africa, Politics, South Sudan, Sudan-Referendum, Omar Al-Bashir, Khartoum, World News
Mohamed El Dahshan

If the international community intends to assist the people of Sudan -- all of it -- then it should assist its economic, political and social growth, not leave it in the hands of an authoritarian regime.

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A New Beginning for Southern Sudan?

Nicholas van Praag | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Salva Kir, Southern Sudan, Sudan, Sudanese Elections, Cpa, Jimmy Carter, Referendum, George Clooney, Darfur Sudan, World News
Nicholas van Praag

Whatever the outcome, the challenges in Southern Sudan are daunting. Some 51 percent of the population lives below the poverty line, and more than half are under the age of eighteen. Only 27 percent of the adult population is literate.

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South Sudan: Failed State in Waiting

Rob Crilly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Referendum, Al Jazeera, Bashir, Sudan, World News
Rob Crilly

Al Jazeera's interview with President Omar al Bashir of Sudan just a couple of days before the South votes on secession is making headlines. In it h...

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A New Year, A New Beginning: Stand with Our Sudanese Sisters Today

Zainab Salbi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Referendum, Women's Rights, Women, Conflict, Sudan, South Sudan, Conflict-Resolution, World News
Zainab Salbi

The New Year is a time of new beginnings, a time for making resolutions. This year, I hope you will resolve to stand with the women of South Sudan as we move to peacefully define a new beginning for ourselves.

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Southern Sudan referendum - photo story

Louis Belanger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Referendum, Oxfam, Southern Sudan, Sudan, World News
Louis Belanger

This week southern Sudan votes in an historic referendum, to decide whether to remain part of a united Sudan or secede and become the world's newest c...

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China's Sudan Predicament

Joe Lauria | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Referendum, Omar Al-Bashir, Salva Kiir, Sudan, China, United Nations, Southern Sudan, Tibet, World News
Joe Lauria

Caught between its longstanding opposition to independence movements worldwide and its expanding economic interests, Beijing finds itself remarkably choosing to court a separatist government.

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Luol Deng's Assist for Freedom in Sudan (VIDEO)

John Prendergast | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Referendum, Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Vote, Peace, Sudan, War, Sports News
John Prendergast

Most people know Luol Deng as a basketball player for the championship-contending Chicago Bulls. As a Celtics fan, it pains me to acknowledge that ...

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We Don't Need Leaders That Spit in the Face of Democracy

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Schools Chancellor Cathie Black, Bloomberg, Education, Fema, Hugo Chavez, Mayor Bloomberg, Michael Bloomberg, Cathie Black, Referendum, Chancellor Joel Klein, President, New York City, Barack Obama, Politics News
Howard Steven Friedman

When I lived in Venezuela, I was inundated with polar opposite media coverage. State-controlled media lauded President Chavez's accomplishments while ...

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Through Ballot or Bullet

Tim Luccaro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Secession, Leadership, Referendum, Khartoum, Independence, Sudan, South Sudan, World News
Tim Luccaro

According to the students I spoke with in South Sudan, the referendum represents the culmination of more than 50 years of struggle, standing as the final step in a long and painful march to independence.

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Referendum Law: Don't Give the Israeli Knesset so Much Credit

Ami Kaufman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Knesset, Referendum, Jerusalem, Israel, Syria, Golan Heights, World News
Ami Kaufman

If anything kills the withering two-state solution, which could indeed happen very soon, it will be much greater forces than puny legislation passed by the most right-wing government in Israel's history.

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Obama's 100 Day Sudan Countdown

Susan Morgan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Darfur, Sudan, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Obama Administration, Denis McDonough, Referendum, United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice, Barack Obama, Icc, International Criminal Court, Darfur Sudan, World News
Susan Morgan

Sudan Now, a campaign led by a group of prominent anti-genocide and human rights advocacy organizations, has launched an initiative encouraging activists to take action over the next 100 days.

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It's the Tea Party People Who Are the Parasites

Jesse Larner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Virginia, Red States, Insurance, Collectivism, Cram, Missouri, Referendum, Individual Mandate, Blue States, Florida, Premium, Tea Party, Health Care, Lawsuit, Politics News
Jesse Larner

The Tea Party will defend to the death -- perhaps literally -- their right to be bankrupt and ill in an entirely privatized system of health care.

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Will Adam Bush Have Died in Vain?

Susan Morgan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Darfur, Obama Administration, J. Scott Gration Special Envoy, Sudan, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Genocide, Khartoum, Referendum, United Nations General Assembly, Unamid, Displacement, Ramadan, Foreign Policy, World News
Susan Morgan

The international community, in its desire to focus on the upcoming referendum, is offering its approval for a government strategy that will likely lead to more suffering among the displaced.

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Make History, Don't Record It

Uriel Abulof | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel, Middle East Peace, Benjamin Netanyahu, Referendum, Barack Obama, Ehud Barak, World News
Uriel Abulof

Only by inviting the peoples involved to vote for a peace plan rather than for parties can the US induce leaders to embrace moderate postures and cut the ground from under the feet of radicals.

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