2021 Taiwanese referendum

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2021 Taiwanese referendum

18 December 2021
Voting system	Amendment is ratified if votes in favour exceed a quarter of eligible voters (4,956,367) and votes not in favour.
Outcome	All defeated
Restarting nuclear power plant construction
Yes   47.16% No   52.84%
Banning ractopamine-contained pork imports
Yes   48.79% No   51.21%
Holding referendums alongside elections
Yes   48.96% No   51.04%
Keeping natural gas terminal out of algal reefs
Yes   48.37% No   51.63%

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A four-question referendum was held in Taiwan on 18 December 2021. The vote was originally scheduled to take place on 28 August 2021, but was postponed to December due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] All four questions were popular initiatives. According to the Referendum Act, referendums can be held once every two years on the fourth Saturday of August and questions must gather a number of signatures equivalent to 1.5% of eligible voters (280,000) in order to qualify.^[2][3]

All four proposals were rejected.^[4]

In Hsinchu, a local referendum [zh] on the issue of wastewater management was passed.^[5][6] Subsequently, on 15 April 2022, the Hsinchu City Council passed the Hsinchu City Ordinance on Wastewater Discharge.^[7]