Subsequently, opposing forces among town residents initiated an unsuccessful referendum and lost two court challenges in an effort to stop construction.

Several unsuccessful referendums for annexation into the neighboring village of Lake Bluff were held in 1978, 1982, and 1996.

He played a prominent role lobbying for the unsuccessful March 2010 Swiss referendum which would have provided legal representation to all animals involved in Swiss court cases.

He returned to Australia and campaigned for an unsuccessful 1944 referendum to extend federal government power over employment, monopolies, Aboriginal people, health and railway gauges.

In his crusade for what he calls "a more open country," Dr. FitzGerald promoted unsuccessful referendums on abortion and divorce.

The group changed its name in 1999, coinciding with an unsuccessful Australian referendum on the same issue.

Ladies and gentlemen, the unsuccessful referenda in France and the Netherlands mean Europe now needs clear confirmation that integration is and will continue to be our common future.

Following the unsuccessful referendum, the upcoming elections ought to overcome the impasse in the political negotiations between the parties.

The construction of Lynx resulted in controversy regarding its costs and benefits with an unsuccessful 2007 referendum to repeal the transit tax.

Three unsuccessful referenda left the southern part of the library district underserved.