Saturday, January 1, 2000
Well, maybe
The Latin plural gerundive referenda, meaning things to be referred, necessarily connotes a plurality of issues. Oxford English Dictionary, Referendums is logically preferable as a plural form meaning ballots on one issue (as a Latin gerund, referendum has no plural).
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“It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.”
-- Joseph Stalin