1.   Five more are likely to do so in referenda this fall.

2.   The battle over union dues comes as Massachusetts and possibly two other states prepare for referendums this fall on whether public funds should partially pay for state campaigns.

3.   A constitutional referendum last fall gave him virtually unlimited powers.

4.   Amendments that were narrowly approved in a referendum this fall eliminate the windows system and grant citizenship to children born of non-citizen parents after independence.

5.   Hungary is less certain to join NATO than Poland and the Czech Republic because it must still submit the issue to its citizens in a referendum this fall.

6.   Lukashenko held a controversial referendum last fall that extended his term and gave him enormous powers.

7.   Lukashenko, who has proposed rejoining his former Soviet republic to Russia, won virtually unlimited powers in a referendum last fall.

8.   Norway rejected EU membership in a referendum last fall.

9.   The president is expected to set the date for the referendum this fall.