Reuters on 23 May reported that the opinion poll watchdog here on Friday urged legal action against four newspapers and a radio station for flouting a ban on voter surveys just before elections, including one that issued polls on the Internet. The Boston Globe , Associated Press on 23 May reported that a referendum to gauge the country's willingness to join NATO fell apart Friday after many people boycotted the vote in anger over the government's last-minute altering of the ballots. Hours after the mid-afternoon opening of the polls, three voting stations chosen at random reported minimal turnout, while officials at some sites declared the vote invalid. Citing Polish TV, the BBC on 21 May reported that voters here go to the polls on Sunday in a referendum on a new constitution designed to underpin the democratic and free market changes introduced after 1989. Reuters on 23 May reported that Sunday Cheung Chau islanders vote in local elections, their first by universal suffrage, in one of the final exercises of Hong Kong's lately established democracy under British rule.
Voters here go to the polls tomorrow in a referendum.
They will face 14 questions in but two are clearly the most important. The first asks whether people support Congress' decision in February to remove former President Abdala Bucaram from power. The second question asks Ecuadoreans if they support Congress' decision to replace Bucaram with President Fabian Alarcon. Voice of America on 23 May reported that President Alarcon is optimistic that the plebiscite will legitimize his government. Voters here went to the polls yesterday.