2011 Liechtenstein referendums

Liechtenstein 180px Registered Partnership Law For 68.76 Against 31.24 Allowing abortion within the first twelve weeks of pregnancy For 47.66 Against 52.34 Building a new national hospital in Vaduz For 41.91 Against 58.09 100px100px100px municipality Results by municipality for Registered Partnership Law (left), abortion (center) and new hospital (right) Three referendums were held in Liechtenstein during 2011. The first on approving the registered partnership law was held between 17 and 19 June,Partnerschaftsgesetz: Volk entscheidet Mitte Juni de Liechtensteiner Vaterland 26 April 2011 http://www.vaterland.li/index.cfm?id=13194&source=lv 14 June 2011 12 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120312042147/http://www.vaterland.li/index.cfm?id=13194&source=lv liveLiechtensteiner stimmen im Juni über Homo- Ehe ab de Schweizerische Depeschenagentur, Liechtensteiner Volksblatt Vorarlberger Medienhaus 26 April 2011 http://www.vol.at/liechtensteiner-stimmen-im-juni-ueber-homo-ehe-ab/news-20110426-07030790 14 June 2011 28 March 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190328065535/https://www.vol.at/liechtensteiner-stimmen-im-juni-ueber-homo-ehe-ab/news-20110426-07030790 live and was approved by 68.8% of voters. The law went into effect on 1 September.http://www.volksblatt.li/?newsid=60298&src=vb&region=li 68,8 % Ja-Stimmen für Partnerschaftsgesetz 19 June 2012 12 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120312041806/http://www.volksblatt.li/?newsid=60298&src=vb&region=li bot: unknown The second was held on 18 September on allowing abortion within the first twelve weeks of pregnancy.http://www.thelocal.ch/1163/20110914/ The Local - Liechtenstein to vote on legalising abortion Thelocal.ch 2011-09-14 2012-02-14 2012-03-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20120331124401/http://www.thelocal.ch/1163/20110914/ live The third, on building a new national hospital in Vaduz, was held on 30 October. The abortion referendum and the hospital referendum were both rejected. Registered partnership law The registered partnership law (Lebenspartnerschaft) was passed unanimously by the Landtag of Liechtenstein in the second reading on March 16 and published on March 21, 2011.Ja zur eingetragenen Partnerschaft de Liechtensteiner Volksblatt 16 March 2011 http://www.volksblatt.li/?newsid=56596&src=vb&region=li 14 June 2011 12 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120312041720/http://www.volksblatt.li/?newsid=56596&src=vb&region=li deadLandtag einhellig für Partnerschaftsgesetz de Liechtensteiner Vaterland 16 March 2011 http://www.vaterland.li/index.cfm?source=lv&id=12784 14 June 2011 1 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140201211732/http://www.vaterland.li/index.cfm?source=lv&id=12784 dead However, the group Vox Populi, led by a cousin of archbishop Wolfgang Haas, announced its intention to force a referendum.Partnerschaftsgesetz: Doch noch Widerstand de Liechtensteiner Vaterland 28 March 2011 http://www.vaterland.li/index.cfm?source=lv&id=12910 14 June 2011 1 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140201211728/http://www.vaterland.li/index.cfm?source=lv&id=12910 deadLiechtenstein stimmt über die Homo- Ehe ab de Austria Presse Agentur Teleport 17 June 2011 http://www.vienna.at/liechtenstein-stimmt-ueber-die-homo-ehe-ab/news-20110617-11362508 18 June 2011 20 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110620165943/http://www.vienna.at/liechtenstein-stimmt-ueber-die-homo-ehe-ab/news-20110617-11362508 live According to the constitution, the organisation had until 21 April (30 days) to collect at least 1000 signatures.Liebe ist ein Menschenrecht de Liechtensteiner Vaterland 4 April 2011 http://www.vaterland.li/index.cfm?source=lv&id=12964 14 June 2011 Because the necessary signatures were gathered (1208 valid signatures), a referendum was held on the evening of 17 June and the morning of 19 June 2011. Campaign The registered partnership law was supported by the government and all parties in the Landtag, but opposed by the socially conservative advocacy group "Vox Populi" and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vaduz.Information zur Volksabstimmung Government of Liechtenstein http://login.gmgnet.li/gmgms/abstimmung/dateienordner/abspresseamt/documents/GzD_5_Infobrosch_Partnerschaftsges_634418528686626250.pdf PDF 18 June 2011 2 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111002083140/http://login.gmgnet.li/gmgms/abstimmung/dateienordner/abspresseamt/documents/GzD_5_Infobrosch_Partnerschaftsges_634418528686626250.pdf dead Abortion Prince Alois had threatened to veto the result of the referendum should it have turned out in favour,https://oklahoman.com/article/feed/293725/liechtenstein-prince-threatens-to-veto-referendum Liechtenstein prince threatens to veto referendum Associated Press/The Oklahoman 2011-09-08 2019-05-23 2019-05-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20190523200204/https://oklahoman.com/article/feed/293725/liechtenstein-prince-threatens-to-veto-referendum dead but ultimately it was rejected by voters.Liechtenstein, 18 September 2011: Deadline solution for abortion https://web.archive.org/web/20210116235328/https://sudd.ch/event.php?lang=en&id=li022011 16 January 2021 Direct Democracy de New hospital On 28 June the Landtag passed a bill approving spending 83 million francs on the construction of a national hospital in Vaduz by 14 votes to 11. A request for an advisory referendum was rejected by 12 votes to 11, but a committee gathered 2,951 signatures between 8 July and 3 August, forcing a referendum.Liechtenstein, 30 October 2011: New build of the National Hospital Direct Democracy de Results Registered partnerships The referendum achieved a turnout of about 70 percent as of Friday evening because of a large majority of voters who had already used postal voting.Partnerschaftsgesetz lockt viele an die Urne de Liechtensteiner Vaterland 17 June 2011 http://www.vaterland.li/index.cfm?source=lv&id=13783 18 June 2011 Total turnout was 74.2 percent.Akt. Abstimmungen > Ergebnisse 19.06.2011 de Presse- und Informationsamt Fürstentum Liechtenstein 19 June 2011 http://www.abstimmung.li/?tid=results 19 June 2011 3 September 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110903042817/http://www.abstimmung.li/?tid=results live 9239 4197 540 18840 Direct Democracy Abortion 5246 5762 592 18919 Direct Democracy National hospital 5411 7499 496 18941 Direct Democracy References External links Referendums homepage Government of Liechtenstein Website of supporters of the registered partnership law de Website of opponents of the registered partnership law de Liechtenstein Referendums Category:Abortion in Liechtenstein Category:Health in Liechtenstein Category:LGBTQ rights in Liechtenstein Category:Referendums in Liechtenstein Category:Abortion referendums in Europe