Thundercat505
06-12-2004, 06:43 PM
Ireland votes to change birth law
'No' campaign concedes defeat with 30 percent of votes counted
Saturday, June 12, 2004 Posted: 6:08 PM EDT (2208 GMT)
Prime Minister Bertie Ahern casts his vote for the cameras.
DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) -- Voters have overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment to tighten Ireland's liberal citizenship laws, partial results showed Saturday.
With a third of ballots counted, nearly 80 percent of votes from Friday's referendum supported an amendment to stop granting automatic citizenship to anybody born on the island of Ireland, a rule unique among the 25 nations of the European Union.
To be approved, the government's proposed referendum required only a simple majority, and campaigners against the proposed amendment conceded defeat. the rest----
http://www.cnn.com/2004....ex.html (http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/12/ireland.referendum.a p/index.html)
why wouldn't this work here?http://www.gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif?
'No' campaign concedes defeat with 30 percent of votes counted
Saturday, June 12, 2004 Posted: 6:08 PM EDT (2208 GMT)
Prime Minister Bertie Ahern casts his vote for the cameras.
DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) -- Voters have overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment to tighten Ireland's liberal citizenship laws, partial results showed Saturday.
With a third of ballots counted, nearly 80 percent of votes from Friday's referendum supported an amendment to stop granting automatic citizenship to anybody born on the island of Ireland, a rule unique among the 25 nations of the European Union.
To be approved, the government's proposed referendum required only a simple majority, and campaigners against the proposed amendment conceded defeat. the rest----
http://www.cnn.com/2004....ex.html (http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/12/ireland.referendum.a p/index.html)
why wouldn't this work here?http://www.gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif?