A constitutional referendum was held in

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on 6 November 2018.ANTIGUA – Antigua and Grenada to hold CCJ Referendum in November
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(CCJ) the final

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, replacing the British

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Now Grenada, 5 July 2018 A slightly different proposal was previously made in a 2016 referendum, but was also rejected by voters.

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also held a referendum on joining the CCJ on the same day; that vote also failed to pass.

Question

Voters were asked to respond YES or NO to the following question:

Results

No votes outstripped yeses by 12,133 to 9,846, on a turnout of 28%.

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, whose government had called the vote, said he was "disappointed" but that he was "in total acceptance of the results".

References

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