2021 Etrurian constitutional referendum
| 2021 Etrurian constitutional referendum | ||
|---|---|---|
| Location | Etruria | |
| Date | 20 August 2021 | |
| Voting system | Majority voting | |
| Results | ||
The 2021 Etrurian constitutional referendumwas a controversial vote on the future of the State Council of the Federation, the upper-chamber of the Senate of the Federation held on 20 August, 2021, in which voters were asked whether they supported the proposed reform package of the Etrurian government or supported its abolition and the establishment of an unicameral legislature, also presented by the Etrurian government. The referendum was authorised under the 2021 Law on Constitutional Reform and resulted in 52.27% of voters supporting reform, under the 2021 Law, the result was legally binding. The referendum was marred in controversy over the distinct benefit both options presented to the far-right government, while it also saw the Social Democratic Party and Citizens' Alliance, the two primary opposition parties boycott the campaign and poll. The result was officially recognised in the 2021 Constitutional Amendment, which implemented the proposed reform package, also controversially including pre-produced electoral reforms that were widely accused of gaming the system to the benefit of the Tribune Movement, with gerrymandered constitutiences, malapportionment of seats and a weakening of the Federal Electoral Commission. Owing to the controversy and the boycotts by Etruria's opposition parties, turnout was only 40.30%, the lowest of any electoral event in Etrurian history.
In wake of the referendum's failure to meet the legally mandated threshold, the Etrurian government announced its intention to present the reform package to the Senate, and pass the reforms through legislative means. The defeat also resulted in the sacking of several Tribune Movement officials from positions within the party leadership.