Political status and decolonisation
Dated events associated with this case. Each event is a shared record: the same event appears identically wherever it is relevant.
· Referendum or popular consultation
A non-binding vote on Guam's political status favoured commonwealth status on low turnout.
Significance here: The only completed, though non-binding and low-turnout, plebiscite on Guam's political status to date.
· Legal decision
A federal appeals court struck down the race-restricted plebiscite voter eligibility rule as unconstitutional.
Significance here: A decisive legal ruling that permanently enjoined Guam's planned status plebiscite as configured, halting the self-determination vote process.
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