1.   On the same day, two referendums were approved in Hesse, one of which made the protection of the environment a constitutional obligation.

2.   Bollwage, who is up for re-election next year, will be subject to a nonpartisan race in May if the referendum is approved.

3.   But first the referendum must be approved by the state Legislature, where passage is far from guaranteed.

4.   But the overwhelming support Wednesday was a clear indication that the referendum would be approved easily in this country.

5.   County commissioners must repeal the ordinance or approve a referendum.

6.   However, California voters recently approved a referendum denying marital rights to homosexual couples.

7.   In Cleveland, voters approved a referendum to build a stadium, so as to make ready for the promised return of the Browns in three years.

8.   Initially, Eckels and others believed they would have to wait for the Legislature to approve a referendum, which likely would have happened in May.

9.   Its people overwhelmingly approved a referendum last year that will give them their own parliament.

10.   Last month, voters in California and Arizona approved referendums by generous margins that allow medicinal use of marijuana.