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Originally Posted by J.OT13
Did Quebec sovereignty referendums have voter turnout thresholds? Probably not.
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What does this have to do with anything? Could we maybe not bring up the referendums at every opportunity in totally unrelated discussions?
For the record, the municipal referendums were called for and designed by the Québec Liberal Party, which had nothing to do with either of the sovereignty referendums. They (very accurately) predicted that most people wouldn't care, so a minimum voter threshold was put in place.
Do you really think that a small loud minority should decide the result for everyone? By the way, both referendums had over 80% turnout, while only a handful of municipal referendums got over 50% (mainly in small, rich cities). Some cities voted to leave on a sub 20% turnout, should we really humour the 10% of the electorate that wants it a specific way?
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