Referendums in Dryicor

Referendums in Dryicor are occasionally held on a local, regional or national basis. The Constitution of Dryicor mandates that any changes to the Constitution require a 60% majority to pass, and also that any multinational treaties involving the country must be put to a referendum.

National referendums must be detailed in an Act passed by the Parliament of Dryicor and, unless stipulated in the Act, must be done on a 'one-member, one-vote' basis, unlike elections, which use a combination of national seats and electoral districts. The voting age in a referendum is 18.

Referendums can be called in four ways:
 * Unilaterally by the Prime Minister, subject to a vote in Parliament
 * If the Parliament votes for one
 * If the Parliament votes to impeach the Prime Minister (but no other member), a referendum is called on their guilt
 * If 10% of the electorate vote to hold a referendum on an Act currently going through Parliament (since 2015)

All referendums have been called in the second and fourth ways. In 1959, a referendum after an impeachment vote almost occurred, however, due to a successful political gambit to instead force a general election, a referendum was avoided.

List of referendums
Under the 1946 Constitution these would have needed to pass a 60% threshold, however under the old constitution this stipulation was not inserted. Referendum on the Constitution of Dryicor. Referendum on the establishing the Nordic passport union. Referendum on replacing the system in each constituency (which was credited in the 1963 general election with the Conservative Party winning the most seats but with far fewer votes) with candidates needing 50% of the vote to win in each constituency. As a constitutional amendment, the referendum needed 60% to pass. Referendum on replacing the purely constituency-based voting system with a region-based system with multi-member regions. As a constitutional amendment, the referendum needed 60% to pass. Referendum on forming the Sámi Parliament of Dryicor. As a constitutional amendment, the referendum needed 60% to pass. Referendum on replacing the constituency-based voting system with a nationally proportional system, however as a constitutional amendment it required 60% to pass, the first referendum to be accepted by voters but fail due to this stipulation. Referendum on Dryicor joining the programme. Passed, as it did not change the Constitution. Referendum on Dryicor joining the European Union. Referendum on changing the constituency-based voting system to a mix of a national proportional vote and multi-member constituencies. Referendum on the Parliament of Dryicor adding an elected upper house. A referendum for Dryicor to adopt a presidential system as well as maintaining the Prime Minister's position, with Emperor-level powers. Referendum on proposed devolution to the regions and turning Dryicor into a federal state. Referendum on further devolution to the Sámi Parliament of Dryicor. Referendum on an amendment to the Constitution to force the Prime Minister to call a referendum on any bill going through Parliament if 10% of the electorate sign a petition against the Bill. As a Constitutional amendment, it required 60% to pass. Referendum on an Act of Parliament to give the vote to 16 and 17-year-olds. The first referendum to be called under the "Citizens' Voice" amendment. Referendum on an Act to give the Prime Minister emergency powers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Called under Citizens' Voice and first to be rejected under the new system.
 * 1946 institutional referendum (24 March 1946):
 * First question (accepted 62% to 38%) Voting on abolishing the monarchy and imperial family.
 * Second question (rejected 52% to 48%) Voting on, in the event of a successful vote to abolish the monarchy, if the name of the country would change to "Republic of Dryicor".
 * Third question (rejected 71% to 29%) To confer powers held ceremonially by the imperial family onto a president if the monarchy vote were successful.
 * 1947 constitutional referendum (8 April 1947; accepted 65% to 35%)
 * 1962 Helsinki Treaty referendum (29 April 1962; accepted 74% to 26%)
 * 1966 proportional representation referendum (12 June 1966; accepted 68% to 32%)
 * 1971 regional voting referendum (9 May 1971; rejected 61% to 39%)
 * 1975 Sámi Parliament referendum (13 April 1975; accepted 85% to 15%)
 * 1987 voting reform referendum (19 April 1987; accepted 55% to 45% but failed 60% requirement)
 * 1993 Dryicor Partnership for Peace referendum (17 October 1993; accepted 54% to 46%)
 * 1994 European Union membership referendum (14 November 1994; rejected 68% to 32%)
 * 1995 voting reform referendum (16 May 1997; accepted 66% to 33%)
 * 1997 bicameral parliament referendum (15 May 1997; rejected 73% to 27%)
 * 2003 presidential referendum (18 May 1997; rejected 62% to 38%)
 * 2007 regional assemblies referendum (15 July 2007; rejected 55% to 45%)
 * 2011 Sámi Parliament referendum (9 October 2011; accepted 78% to 22%)
 * 2015 Citizens' Voice referendum (8 October 2015; accepted 64% to 36%)
 * 2018 Votes for 16 referendum (18 November 2015; rejected 53% to 47%)
 * 2020 Coronavirus Act referendum (27 February 2020; accepted 78% to 22%)

Future referendums
Referendum on membership. Referendum to raise the Citizens' Voice It has been proposed by Prime Minister Erno Pulkkinen that if were to accept Dryicor as a member, he would run a referendum on the subject in early 2024. He would also run a referendum on raising the Citizens' Voice threshold to 20%, and the Nationalist Party has also pledged to do the same.
 * 2024 NATO membership referendum (21 April 2024)
 * 2024 Citizens' Voice referendum (21 April 2024)

Criticisms
A criticism of Citizens' Voice referendums is that, unusually for a referendum, "Yes" is always the status quo option, which occasionally confuses voters. Additionally, the 10% threshold is sometimes criticised as being too low, especially regarding the 2020 Coronavirus Act referendum.

The 2020 referendum was also criticised, especially when it was suggested that it helped spread COVID-19 in Dryicor and delayed the pandemic response. Pulkkinen had also previously called a snap general election for a few weeks earlier which was considered a mandate to start the pandemic response, without the further referendum. Erno Pulkkinen used this as his reasoning for calling a referendum on raising the threshold for a Citizens' Voice from 10% to 20% in April 2024.