2010 Slovenian public broadcaster law referendum

2010 Slovenian public broadcaster law referendum

12 December 2010
Are you in favor of the Law on Radiotelevision Slovenia (ZRTVS-2), EPA 1067-V, adopted by the National Assembly at its session on 20 October 2010?
Results
Choice Votes  % Yes 69,175 27.67% No 180,820 72.33% Valid votes 249,995 99.07% Invalid or blank votes 2,348 0.93% Total votes 252,343 100.00% Registered voters/turnout 1,707,209 14.78%

A referendum was held in Slovenia on 12 December 2010 on a new public broadcaster law. ^[1]

Issues

The reform was an attempt to reverse the reform of 2005 proposed by the conservative Prime Minister Janez Janša, which was widely seen as an attempt to move the public broadcaster Radiotelevizija Slovenija to the right of the political spectrum. The RTVS referendum held that year narrowly approved the reform; polls indicated that the 2010 referendum would also see a close result at the low turnout, with only 55.3% of voters interested in the referendum (28.4% to 26.9% in favour of the reform). ^[2]

Results

The referendum failed clearly, but at a very low turnout, which was interpreted as the Slovenian voters being fed up with the large amount of referendums being held. ^{[3] [4]}

Choice		Votes	%
For		69,175	27.67
Against		180,820	72.33
Total		249,995	100.00
Valid votes		249,995	99.07
Invalid/blank votes		2,348	0.93
Total votes		252,343	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,707,209	14.78
Source: Državna Volina Komisija

References

1. "Arrest ups pressure on Assange". EuroTopics. Archived from the original on 2010-12-11. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
2. "Referendum über Rundfunkgesetz in Slowenien begonnen". Der Standard. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
3. "Živel petnajsti referendum!". Delo. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
4. "Press review". EuroTopics. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2022.