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To: SkyPilot
The participation rate was just 23 percent with roughly 2.26 million registered voters, leading opponents to question the validity of a vote that several parties had boycotted.

This is crap tactic used in a lot of countries. Boycott a referendum you know you're going to lose, then say it doesn't count because the turnout wasn't [insert arbitrary percentage here].

15 posted on 06/11/2017 4:09:43 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: Trump20162020

Make New England 1 state, THEN go for statehood. 6 states become 1, add 1.


24 posted on 06/11/2017 4:13:23 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Trump20162020

Well it’s also non-binding. Basically it’s a formalized opinion poll, which means it had absolutely no validity one way or the other.


52 posted on 06/11/2017 4:44:13 PM PDT by discostu (You are what you is, and that's all it is, you ain't what you're not, so see what you got.)
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To: Trump20162020
Boycott a referendum you know you're going to lose, then say it doesn't count because the turnout wasn't [insert arbitrary percentage here].

Maybe it was a tactic, but they had their chance. How many referenda must we hold?

I really think it makes it look, to the average person, like 2/3 of the people don't care about statehood.

108 posted on 06/12/2017 6:01:08 AM PDT by proud American in Canada ( God Bless America (Trump: I wil)l bear the slings and arrows for you, the American people))
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To: Trump20162020
Boycott a referendum you know you're going to lose, then say it doesn't count because the turnout wasn't [insert arbitrary percentage here].

Maybe it was a tactic, but they had their chance. How many referenda must we hold?

I really think it makes it look, to the average person, like 2/3 of the people don't care about statehood.

109 posted on 06/12/2017 6:01:08 AM PDT by proud American in Canada ( God Bless America (Trump: I wil)l bear the slings and arrows for you, the American people))
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