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Moldovan Presidential Constitutional Amendment, 2010
A presidential constitutional amendment question was on the ballot in Moldova, on September 5, 2010. The measure was designed to reinstate presidential election by popular vote, the method of presidential selection that was in place at the country's founding. Moldova's ruling coalition government, Alliance for European Integration, proposed the referendum after the government was unable to reach a three-fifths parliamentary majority to elect a president in 2009. Moldovan law required one-third of the population to vote on the referendum to make the outcome legally binding; with a 28.88% turn out, the requirement was not met and the referendum was defeated.[1] The law also provided that a similar measure could not be on the ballot until two years had passed.[2]
Election results
The measure was defeated because turnout for the election, 28.88%, was lower than the required threshold.[3]
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