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A multi-question referendum was held in Taiwan on 24 November 2018 alongside local elections. The referendum was the first since the December 2017 reform to the Referendum Act, which reduced the threshold for submitting questions to the ballot; under the new system, signatures from 1.5 percent of the electorate (around 280,000 people) were required to successfully put a question on the ballot, reduced from 5 percent previously.[1]
In the referendum, 67% of Taiwan voters rejected legalising same-sex marriage.[2] However, less than a year later, lawmakers of the majority Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legalised same-sex marriage in May 2019.[3]
- ^ "Taiwan to hold 7 referendums during Nov. local elections". Taiwan News. 10 October 2018. Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ "Taiwan voters reject same-sex marriage in referendums". BBC. 2018-11-24. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
Voters in Taiwan have rejected legalising same-sex marriages in a series of referendums on Saturday. They backed the definition of marriage as the union of a man and woman.
- ^ Hollingsworth, Julia (2019-05-17). "Taiwan legalizes same-sex marriage in historic first for Asia". CNN. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
Lawmakers in Taiwan have approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, a landmark decision that makes the self-ruled island the first place in Asia to pass gay marriage legislation. In a referendum in November last year, 67% voted to reject same-sex marriage.