They voted for independence in a referendum.

他们在全民公决投票中赞成独立。

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Swedes rejected a proposal to join in a referendum in 2003.

瑞典人拒绝了参加2003年公投的提议。

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Real increases in salaries would be banned, unless voters decided otherwise in a referendum.

否则，真正的增加工资将会被禁止，除非选民公投投票决定。

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When Irish voters approved the treaty earlier this month in a second referendum, he vowed to keep his word.

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Mr.Zelaya's arrest by Honduran troops and deportation to Costa Rica was triggered by his efforts to hold a referendum that could have kept him in office beyond the end of his term in January.

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The left-leaning elected Honduran leader was arrested by the military and deported three months ago in a dispute over his efforts to stage a referendum that would have allowed him to remain in office beyond the end of his term, which ends in January.

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In 1994, Swedes voted by 52.2 percent in a referendum to join the European Union.

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In a referendum last year, more than half of the inhabitants voted to accept.

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In 1991, 80% of Ukrainians voted in a referendum to leave the Soviet Union.

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