International ballot measures, 2010

Australia

• Petition urges fluoridation plant referendum

Britain

• Bid to force Carlisle elected Mayor Referendum
• Residents can have their say when Battle bus arrives, UKIP: Smears and signatures, Hannan's criticisms of the EU are at least understandable. But a referendum would be an expensive distraction, Cameron, Clegg Tell Parties They'll Implement Coalition Program, Cameron ends paternity leave early to back referendum as vote exposes Coalition divisions, EU Referendum: Now for the most important vote of all, Tory Daniel Hannan calls for 'in or out' EU referendum
• Salmond letter urges Cameron to rethink vote date, Referendum and fixed-term parliament bills expected
• Cameron: I’ll allow people to write laws
• Great Yarmouth, Target close for elected Mayor petition
• Gordon Brown offers Lords reform and overhaul of voting system, Alternative votes on electoral reform

Bulgaria

• Bulgarian Referendum Against Turkey EU Membership, 2010
• Bulgarian PM Backs Referendum on Belene Nuclear Project

Canada

a Victoria City, Johnson Street Bridge Replacement Referendum, 2010
a Summerland Province Mounties Station Bond Question, 2010

• Uxbridge may have say in election referendum
• Stop attack on English education, petition urges
• Ottowa Homelessness referendum faces resistance
• Referendum considered for Summerland, BC police station
• Referendum called for Summerland RCMP detachment
• Airport vote could result in million-dollar bill to taxpayers, Councillors mull holding airport vote even if petition count falls short

Columbia

• Colombian Re-Election Referendum, 2010

Croatia

• Croatian unions collect signatures for referendum, Labour law referendum petition has 81 per cent of needed signatures, Unions force referendum on labour law, deal blow to government, Unions hand over referendum signatures to Parliament, Unions threaten protest if Parliament invalidates referendum petition, Unions collect enough signatures for referendum, but government withdraws amendments
• Croatia prepares for referendum on EU membership

Cuba

• Cubans Sign for Freedom

European Union

• European Union Right2Bet Charity Betting, 2010
• Bulgarian Farmers Demand Referendum on EU Grants Issues, Petition for EU subsidies referendum starts in Bulgaria’s Burgas, EU to face one-million-strong petition against GM crops

Germany

a Bavarian Smoking Ban Referendum, 2010
d Hamburg Primary School Extension, 2010

• German govt. to push for international transaction tax
• Smoking Ban Referenda Would Be Good for German Democracy
• German Opposition Seeks Nuclear Referendum

Honduras

• Honduras: resistance petitions, plans strike

Iceland

d Icelandic Icesave Presidential Veto (2009)

• Parliament in Reykjavik to vote on stopping EU bid

Japan

• Nagoya assembly faces recall referendum]

Kenya

a Kenyan Constitutional Referendum (2010)

Kyrgyzstan

a Kyrgyzstan Presidential Powers Limitation Referendum, 2010

Macedonia

• Macedonians ask for Referendum on EU, Not on Name, Macedonia name dispute inspires exotic idea

Malta

• 700 sign pro-divorce petition launched by entrepreneur

Moldova

d Moldovan Presidential Constitutional Amendment, 2010

New Zealand

• Road ballot 'misleading'
• New petition for a Citizens Initiated Referendum
• Online petition on electoral referendum launched, Online Petition to Press Case for Referendum

Scotland

• Edinburgh today - knife initiative arrives and petition against airport drop-off fee, Edinburgh today - airport drop off latest plus Olympic date for city pool

Slovakia

d Slovakian Parliamentary Question, 2010

• Initiative launched against parental child abductions

Slovenia

a Slovenian Croatian Border Referendum, 2010
a Slovenians reject new media law amid low turnout

Sudan

a Southern Sudan Independence Referendum, 2011

• Sudan presidency meeting cancelled, tension mounts as Bashir threatens SPLM on referendum

Switzerland

a Swiss Banning of Minarets on Mosques, 2010
d Swiss Animal Rights for a Lawyer, 2010
a Swiss Unemployment Law Change Referendum
a Swiss Foreign Criminal Deportation Referendum, 2010

• Rich Swiss Threaten to Emigrate Over Tax Vote
• Swiss region wants nationwide burqa ban
• Anti-nuclear protest in Switzerland--2013 referendum
• Geneva to get longer shopping days, but referendum likely
• Swiss group seeks end to compulsory army service, ending over 160 years of conscription

Taiwan

• Taiwanese U.S. Beef Import Restriction Referendum, 2010
• Civic groups to seek referendum on Local Government Act revisions
• DPP ready for 10-year fight after referendum initiative rejected
• Taiwan envoy arrives in China for ECFA signing, TSU to file 2nd referendum request, KMT uses disinformation to block Taiwan democracy, TSU submits signatures for another ECFA referendum
• Interior ministry mulls lowering referendum thresholds

Turkey

a Turkey EU Membership Charter Referendum, 2010

Venezuela

• Venezuelans Once Again Go to the Polls

Zanzibar

a Zanzibar National Unity Government Referendum, 2010