the firm plans to build and sell a complex of luxury condominiums. However‚ a complicating factor is that the property is currently zoned for single-family residences only. Glenn believes that a referendum could be placed on the voting ballot in time for the November election. Passage of the referendum would change the zoning of the property and permit construction of the condominiums. The sealed-bid procedure requires the bid to be submitted with a certified check for 10% of the amount bid.
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democratic in nature. Firstly‚ referendums give people more of a say and gets the opinion of the wider public. Since democracy is rule by and for the people‚ referendums show teamwork thus removing a gulf between the people and the government. An example of this is the referendum of May 2011 regarding the suggested change in the current form of voting. This is from the first past the post method of voting to the AV method of voting. However‚ with the use of referendums hasty and uneducated decisions
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conditions‚ and on-going discrimination in Australian society. Overtime‚ aborigines contested leading to the change unequal government policies allowing them to obtain land rights‚ the reconciliation after issue with the stolen generation and the 1967 referendum which resulted with the inclusion of aborigines in the Australian constitution. There were many changes in the government policies overtime from initially being paternalistic to reconciliation. “Protection” was the first policy introduced relating
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have any legal status and is only currently used in the province of Québec in Canada (not a law). Although‚ similarities between both approaches can go from social cohesion‚ to equitable participation‚ and to the fight against racism and discrimination. Throughout this paper‚ we are going to distinguish the policy of multiculturalism in Canada and the policy of interculturalism in Québec.
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the firm plans to build and sell a complex of luxury condominiums. However‚ a complicating factor is that the property is currently zoned for single-family residences only. Muhammad believes that a referendum could be placed on the voting ballot in time for the November election. Passage of the referendum would change the zoning of the property and permit construction of the condominiums‚ The sealed-bid procedure requires the bid to be submitted with a certified check for 10% of the amount bid.
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we use to elect our MPs has a real impact on how politics works in Britain. It has a direct effect on whether politicians truly represent us and whether we can hold them to account if they let us down. The defeat of the 2011 Alternative Vote (AV) referendum means it is now more important than ever to discredit our failed system and we are continuing to build the case for change at Westminster. This in turn means any of our votes just don’t count. Millions of people have no chance of deciding who their
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POL 342E: Nationalism and Ethnicity: Political Conflicts in Europe Instructor: Dr. Tommaso Chiamparino Final Paper: The Conflict in Western Sahara (Morocco‚ Algeria‚ Mauritania and Spain) Written by: Tahiri Joutei Idrissi Hassani Driss July‚ 3rd SUMMER 2009 Western Sahara is a region located in the North West of Africa‚ occupying an area of around 260
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[pic] [pic] Belarus: a country suffering at the hands of its own authoritarian leadership Table of Contents Republic of Belarus’ Overview…………………………………………………………………. 3 Russia and Belarus: Friend or Foe?.............................................................................................. 4 Is Alexander Lukashenko “Europe’s Last Dictator?” …………………………………………... 5 Lukashenko: Political Control…………………………………………………………………... 5 Lukashenko: Economic Control………………………………………………………………… 6 How
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the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). On 6 April‚ 1‚000–2‚000 people gathered at a rally in Donetsk to demand a status referendum similar to the one held in Crimea in March. The demonstrators stormed the RSA building‚ and took control of its first two floors. They said that if an extraordinary legislative session was not held by regional officials to implement a status referendum‚ they would take control of the regional government with a "people’s mandate"‚ and dismiss all elected regional councilors
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military bases in the Crimea. As a result‚ the Ukrainian forces pulled out of the Peninsula. This was followed by the calls for a referendum to determine the Crimean secession from Ukraine. The results from the referendum indicated that about 96 percent of the citizens voted for secession. Nonetheless‚ the western nations led by the US and France maintained that the referendum was unconstitutional. On March 17‚ the Crimean parliament affirmed their independence and
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