They may get a chance to vote up or down a referendum once in a while, but our state is not huge in that as compared to, say, California.Many elections are all but determined in the primaries since (a) cross-filing is allowed, meaning candidates run legally as both a R & D and (b) a lot of candidates run a write-in campaign in the opposite party.An independent in PA is essentially taking themselves out of the political process, especially for LOCAL elections.

The city of Durham just even passed a $95 million affordable housing bond referendum for low-to-moderate-income residents to combat the fast price/rent increase.I'll look into the student housing areas.

Refer to the link below for an article in the Portland Press Herald as well as the image for the highlights of what is in the referendum.

Even getting positive recommendations from other out of state investors is most likely more reflective of the vendors that they have connected with than it is a referendum on the entire market they invested in. 

A referendum like this goes in effect once the vote is confirmed. 

As was pointed out, a referendum saved us from some seriously anti-STR laws which were promulgated by the hotel industry. 

And quarterly on National matters and once a year on global referendums.

This congressional election in 2 years had better be one hell of a referendum.

It Varies a lot by city in MN, some cities vote referendums to put more money into the schools, other cities operate theaters, etc.

The Austrian chancellor Kurt von Schusshnigg, attempted a referendum first that the Austrian Nazi Party blocked.