Referendum Archives

The Polish “Flash Mob Referendum” on Single Member Districts

by Kamil Marcinkiewicz and Mary Stegmaier September 18, 2015 Democracy, Europe 0

In a referendum on September 6th 2015, Poles answered three questions. The first one, causing the most controversy, concerned the introduction of single member districts (SMD) in elections to the Polish Sejm (lower house of parliament), while the other two addressed changes to campaign finance regulations and the tax code. ...