1984 Liberian constitutional referendum

Results

Liberian constitutional referendum, 1984
Choice Votes %
Yes 540,113 98.6
No 7,771 1.4
Valid votes 547,884 96.6
Invalid or blank votes 19,007 3.4
Total votes 566,891 100.00
Source: Nohlen et al
gollark: Yes, it could probably work badly and this would be gamed a lot.
gollark: Although I don't think I'd want to encourage an increase in lawyers.
gollark: If you could somehow make medicine/law available as undergraduate things that... might help?
gollark: The UK does those, I think, and seems to be doing fine lawyer and doctor-wise.
gollark: A convincing explanation I read of the everyone-has-to-go-to-college thing is that college degrees work as a signal to employers that you have some basic competence at listening independently, doing things for delayed gain later, sort of thing, more than providing any massively work-relevant skills, and it apparently got easier/more popular to get a degree over time, so the *lack* of one works as a signal that you *lack* those basic skills.

References

  1. Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p514 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
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