2004 Slovenian minority rights referendum information
2004 Slovenian minority rights referendum
4 April 2004
Are you in favor of the law on the implementation of point 8 of the decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia No. UI-246/02-28 (EPA 956-III), adopted by the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia on 25 November 2003?
Results
Choice
Votes
%
Yes
19,984
3.95%
No
485,356
96.05%
Valid votes
505,340
98.48%
Invalid or blank votes
7,794
1.52%
Total votes
513,134
100.00%
Registered voters/turnout
1,626,913
31.54%
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A referendum on minority rights was held in Slovenia on 4 April 2004. Voters were asked whether they approved government proposals to restore basic rights to ethnic minorities who had been erased from the citizen registry in 1992.[1][2][3][4][5] The proposal was rejected by 96% of voters, with a voter turnout of 32%.[6][7][8]
The referendum was backed by oppositional Slovenian Democratic Party,[9] while the government called for a boycott.[10]
^Election profile IFES
^"SPREJET TEHNIČNI ZAKON O IZBRISANIH". rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2024-03-03.
^"ZAKON O IZBRISANIH ZNOVA SPREJET". rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2024-03-03.
^"NOV SISTEMSKI ZAKON O IZBRISANIH". rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2024-03-03.
^"IZBRISANI: VPRAŠANJE DELNO NEUSTAVNO". rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2024-03-03.
^Results IFES
^"VEČINA PROTI TEHNIČNEMU ZAKONU O IZBRISANIH". rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2024-03-03.
^"Volitve referenduma". www.dvk-rs.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2024-03-03.
^"JANŠA: REFERENDUM SLEJ KO PREJ BO". rtvslo.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2024-03-03.
^Slovenia: 90 percent voted at the referendum backed Janša proposal Archived 2015-02-12 at the Wayback Machine HRT, 4 April 2004
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