A local referendum refers to a voting process where people in a specific geographic area, like a city or town, have the opportunity to express their opinion or make a decision on a particular issue that directly affects their local community.
Sentences with «local referendum»
It was intended that this system would be used in other regional Assemblies in England, but these were rejected in local referendums. (politics.stackexchange.com)
Local communities could hold local referendums on modest house - building projects under new plans being put forward by the housing minister. (politics.co.uk)
A big increase in the number of directly - elected mayors — rejected by the great majority of local referendums (yougov.co.uk)