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2008 Irish voters reject the Treaty of Lisbon
1992 San Jose voters reject Giants plan to build a new stadium 1990 Cuyahoga County voters approve sin tax to build Cleveland Gateway 1989 Panamanian voters reject dictator Manuel Noriega's bid for presidency 1987 South Korean voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution 1980 In a referendum, 59.5% of Quebec voters reject separatism 1976 New Jersey voters approve gambling for Atlantic City 1975 Voters in Northern Mariana Is approve commonwealth status with U.S. 1975 British voters decide to remain in Common Market 1968 94.5% of East German voters approve new socialist constitution 1967 Philadelphia voters approve a $13 million bond issue to build a new stadium 1967 Harlem (New York City) voters defy Congress and reelect Adam Clayton Powell Jr 1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. begins a drive to register black voters 1964 Philadelphia voters approve $25 million to build a new sports stadium 1962 Harris County voters approve all-weather stadium for Houston Colt .45s 1961 Houston voters approve bond to finance luxury domed stadium 1960 BBWAA voters fail to elect a new Hall of Fame member 1951 Voters approve merger of 3 states to form Baden-Wurttemberg, W Germ 1944 Icelandic voters severe all ties with Denmark 1935 60% of voters agrees to nazism in Danzig (Gdansk) 1934 Hitler elected Fuhrer (95.7% of German voters) 1933 Pennsylvania voters overturn blue law, by permitting Sunday sports 1931 Spanish voters reject the monarchy 1928 England lowers age of women voters from 30 to 21 1920 League of Women Voters forms in Chicago 1916 Voters in East Cleveland approves women suffrage 1898 Louisiana adopts new constitution with "grandfather clause" designed to eliminate black voters 1889 Washington voters adopt state constitution in referendum 1868 Louisiana voters approve new constitution 1868 South Carolina voters approved constitution, 70,758 to 27,228 1864 Maryland voters adopt new constitution, including abolition of slavery 1863 Voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves 1859 Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, founder, League of Women Voters |
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