We don't seem to have a thread on this, even though it happened three days ago.
Four questions were asked. In each case, in addition to a majority of valid votes, at least a quarter of registered voters had to be in favour for the proposal to pass.
Three of the questions concerned a
referendum propositivo, i.e. a citizen-initiated referendum that, if approved, would force the Sammarinese Parliament (the
Consiglio Grande e Generale) to draw up and debate a bill on the matter. These were:
- Changing the electoral law so that voters would have only one, instead of three preferential votes to cast for individual candidates at general elections (apparently intended to stop cronyism and the influence of wealthy families in politics)
- Abolishing the 25% quorum for referenda, and allowing the signatures submitted for a referendum to be declared valid by its initiators as well as by the relevant civil servant (the latter sounds rather dodgy, surely?)
- Capping the salary of public sector employees at 100,000 Euros
The final question was a
referendum abrogativo, seeking to repeal a law passed by the Grand and General Council in August 2015 which allowed the construction of a luxury department store in the village of Rovereta. It was backed, among others, by the left-wing opposition and green activists.
Turnout was 47.5%. The citizen-initiated referenda were each approved, with 54.8%, 58.8% and 63.6% voting yes respectively and each narrowly achieving the quorum. The repeal effort failed on a 50.4% no vote (23.1% of registered voters voting yes).
