2010 Acre time zone referendum

Acre state time zone referendum Acre Are you in favor of the recent change of legal time zone promoted in your state? 31 October 2010 139,891 184,478 335,921 470,560 Time zone in the state of Acre and part of Amazonas returned to UTC-05:00. Federal Law no. 11,662/2008 repealed. The 2010 Acre referendum consisted of a decision regarding maintaining the time zone change for the Brazilian state of Acre, as the state had an 1-hour difference from Brasília Time (UTC-03:00) in 2008, when the original time zone had minus 2 hours from Brasília. History In 1913, Executive Order 2,784 was signed,http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/decreto/historicos/dpl/DPL2784-1913.htm Decreto nº 2.784, de 18 de junho de 1913 Palácio do Planalto pt Hermes da Fonseca 18 June 1913 13 November 2020 which instituted the first time zones in Brazil. According to paragraph d, in joint interpretation with paragraph c, Acre and the area west of the line which connects the municipalities of Tabatinga and Porto Acre, was incorporated as part of the "fourth zone", characterized by GMT-5 (current UTC-05:00). Almost a century after the change, Federal Law no. 11,662 of 2008 was signed,http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2008/Lei/L11662.htm Lei nº 11.662, de 24 de abril de 2008 Palácio do Planalto pt Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva 24 April 2008 13 November 2020 which, along with another change in the state of Pará (inserting it totally in the Brasília Regional Time), made the state of Acre and southwest Amazonas advance the time by one hour, to the UTC-04:00 time zone, on 23 June 2008.http://g1.globo.com/ac/acre/noticia/2013/10/lei-que-altera-fuso-horario-do-acre-e-de-parte-do-amazonas-e-sancionada.html Lei que altera fuso horário do Acre e parte do Amazonas é sancionada G1 pt 31 October 2013 13 November 2020 Reasons for change The time zone change was proposed by then Senator Tião Viana (PT-AC), who defended the change by stating that the time difference between Acre and nearby states jeopardized the state economically and culturally. After the referendum, the Abert (Brazilian Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters) opposed the return to the previous time,https://m.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2011/02/882249-quatro-meses-apos-referendo-fuso-horario-do-acre-continua-o-mesmo.shtml Quatro meses após referendo, fuso horário do Acre continua o mesmo Folha de S. Paulo pt Jean-Philip Struck 28 February 2011 13 November 2020 owing to scheduling adjustments that would be required after the institution of the Brazilian advisory rating system by the Ministry of Justice in 2007.https://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/classificacao-indicativa-mantem-vinculacao-entre-faixa-etaria-horarios-4176161 Classificação indicativa mantém veiculação entre faixa etária e horários O Globo pt 11 July 2007 13 November 2020 The referendum and its effects The referendum was held on 31 October 2010, on the same day of the second round of the 2010 presidential election.http://g1.globo.com/especiais/eleicoes-2010/noticia/2010/10/eleitores-do-acre-votam-em-referendo-do-fuso-horario.html Eleitores do Acre votam em referendo do fuso horário G1 pt 31 October 2010 13 November 2020 The majority of the population decided to choose to return to the previous time zone, which had a 2-hour difference from Brasília Regional Time.https://oglobo.globo.com/politica/em-referendo-acre-decide-pela-volta-de-2h-de-diferenca-no-fuso-horario-2931592 Em referendo, Acre decide pela volta de 2h de diferença no fuso horário O Globo pt 1 November 2010 13 November 2020 The provisions of the referendum did not immediately commence due to doubts of the validity of the referendum by certain political elementshttp://www.ac24horas.com/2012/07/11/senador-cassado-idealizou-manobra-contra-validade-de-referendo-sobre-hora-do-acre/ Senador cassado idealizou contra validade de referendo sobre hora do Acre AC24Horas pt Roberto Vaz 11 July 2012 13 November 2020 and pressure from TV broadcastershttps://www.viomundo.com.br/denuncias/altino-machado-globo-tenta-impedir-que-acre-volte-a-ter-fuso-horario.html Globo tenta impedir que o Acre adote fuso horário aprovado em referendo ViOMundo pt Altino Machado 18 February 2011 13 November 2020https://senaonline.net/petecao-nao-vou-ceder-a-pressoes-sobre-o-fuso-horario-do-acre/ Petecão: "Não vou ceder a pressões sobre o fuso horário do Acre" SenaOnline.net pt 23 February 2011 13 November 2020 that stalled its implementation for almost three years after the referendum had taken place. The change was finally approved by the Federal Senate committees in September 2013.https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2013/09/26/interna_politica,390249/senado-aprova-proposta-que-restabelece-fuso-horario-do-acre-e-amazonas.shtml Senado aprova proposta que restabelece fuso horário do Acre e Amazonas Correio Braziliense pt 26 September 2013 13 November 2020 As consequence, the Federal Law no. 12,876/2013 reestablished the previous time in Acre and southwest Amazonas, repealing the Federal Law no. 11,662/2008.http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2011-2014/2013/lei/L12876.htm Lei nº 12.876, de 30 de outubro de 2013 Palácio do Planalto pt Dilma Rousseff 30 October 2013 13 November 2020 The regions covered by the change returned to the old time zone at midnight on Sunday, 10 November 2013.http://g1.globo.com/ac/acre/noticia/2013/11/volta-de-fuso-deixa-o-acre-3h-de-brasilia-partir-deste-domingo.html Volta de fuso deixa o Acre a 3h de Brasília a partir deste domingo G1 pt Veriana Ribeiro 9 November 2013 13 November 2020 Result As officially published by Electoral Justice, the result of Acre referendum was the following: 2010 Acre time zone referendum 139891 324369 184478 470560 11552 Superior Electoral Courthttps://www.justicaeleitoral.jus.br/arquivos/tre-ac-referendo-2010-fuso-horario-acre-resultado/rybena_pdf?file=https://www.justicaeleitoral.jus.br/arquivos/tre-ac-referendo-2010-fuso-horario-acre-resultado/at_download/file Referendo 2010 - Resultado da totalização - Acre Justiça Eleitoral pt 1 November 2010 13 November 2020 + Acre time zone referendum results white No: 184,478 (57%) white Yes: 139,891 (43%) ▲ References Category:Referendums in Brazil Category:2010 referendums Category:2010 elections in Brazil Category:October 2010 in Brazil