2003 Slovak European Union membership referendum

A referendum on joining the European Union was held in Slovakia on 16 and 17 May 2003.[1] It was approved by 93.7% of those voting, and Slovakia subsequently joined the EU on 1 May 2004. It remains the only referendum in the country's history to have not failed due to insufficient voter turnout.

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Results

Choice Votes %
For2,012,87093.7
Against135,0316.3
Invalid/blank votes27,488
Total2,175,389100
Registered voters/turnout4,174,09752.1
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
gollark: Well, it's very indirect in these cases.
gollark: * would have committed a crime under my proposed law, even
gollark: "committed a crime under my proposed law" doesn't mean "committed a crime".
gollark: *Did* they? I don't think it's illegal to accidentally introduce bugs.
gollark: Punishing someone after they do a thing doesn't mean that thing didn't happen, just makes other people (probably) want to do it less. People don't *want* exploits in their software, generally. It might make people more cautious, but I don't think it's worth the downsides.

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1747 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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