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2003 Slovenian Sunday shopping referendum

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 2, 2025
Entity authorityQ7541840 ↗
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A referendum on Sunday shopping was held in Slovenia on 21 September 2003. Voters were asked whether they approved of limiting shops to opening on ten Sundays a year. The proposal was approved by 58% of voters, although voter turnout was only 27.5%.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2003—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Slovenian, Sunday and shopping is the immediate research focus.
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