A referendum in Italy on easing citizenship rules and enhancing workers’ rights has been declared invalid. Around 30% of voters participated – well short of the 50% threshold required to make the vote binding – in the poll, which began on Sunday and ran until 15:00 (14:00 BST) on Monday. The ballot featured five questions...
Sarah Rainsford BBC correspondent BBC Sonny Olumati was born in Italy – but still has no citizenship at 39 Sonny Olumati was born in Rome and has lived in Italy all his life but the country he calls home does not recognise him as its own. To Italy, Sonny is Nigerian, like his passport, and...
Missouri voters passed a voter-led ballot initiative enshrining abortion rights in the state constitution last year. Republican lawmakers in the Missouri state legislature have approved a referendum proposal for voters to decide on that, if passed, would upend newly enshrined abortion rights in the state constitution. Last November, Missouri was one of seven states to...
A date has been set for a referendum to decide if Plymouth should have a directly-elected mayor paid in the region of £75,000 a year. Plymouth City Council has to hold a referendum after a campaign, led by Angus Forbes, former banker and husband of celebrity dancer Darcey Bussell, gathered more than 10,000 signatures in...