Independence referendum
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An independence referendum is a type of referendum in which the residents of a territory decide whether the territory should become an independent sovereign state. An independence referendum that resu
Supporters of the 1999 East Timorese independence referendum in a truck
Line of voters in the 2011 South Sudanese independence referendum
A person voting in the 2017 Catalan independence referendum
A rally supporting the 2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum
A referendum on Scottish independence from the United Kingdom was held in Scotland on 18 September 2014. The referendum question was "Should Scotland be an independent country?", which voters answered
Independence referendum
…these instances, common electoral practice is often widely used, although there can be deviations, as seen with the lowering of the voting age for the 2014 Scottish independence referendum. Other issues to be negotiated include what question or questions should be on the ballot, and what the voting options could be. Independence referendums…
The Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond, and the Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, at the launch of the National Conversation, 14 August 2007
The Scottish cabinet of the second Salmond government, the first government to achieve a majority in the Scottish Parliament
First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond and UK Prime Minister David Cameron sign the Edinburgh Agreement (2012)
Yes campaign poster on a shop