Slovenia: low turnout, no referendum on 2nd track railway
Less than 300,000 citizens voted
25 September, 17:17In order to block the contruction, the referendum should have collected about 342,000 votes in favour among 1.7 million eligible voters, that is one fifth of the electorate. In the district of Ljubljana, the turnout was 15.7%, although the highest figure came from Vrhnika (18.1%), whereas the lowest turnout (9, 2%) was recorded in Piran, on the Slovenian coast, One of the referendum promoters, Vili Kovacic, has suggested that even if the law has not been abrogated, the referendum committee's intention is to appeal to the Court of Auditors.
(ANSA).