2010 Acre time zone referendum

Acre state time zone referendum

31 October 2010

Are you in favor of the recent change of legal time zone promoted in your state?
Outcome
  • Time zone in the state of Acre and part of Amazonas returned to UTC-05:00.
  • Federal Law no. 11,662/2008 repealed.
Results
Choice
Votes %
Yes 139,891 43.13%
No 184,478 56.87%
Valid votes 324,369 96.56%
Invalid or blank votes 11,552 3.44%
Total votes 335,921 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 470,560 71.39%
Time in Brazil, since 25 April 2019.
Time in Brazil
  ACT Acre Time UTC−5 (BRT–2)
  AMT Amazon Time UTC−4 (BRT−1)
  BRT Brasília Time UTC−3 (BRT)
  FNT Fernando de Noronha Time UTC−2 (BRT+1)

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.