Government figures showed that 76.1 per cent of voters, or 11,629 people, rejected the initiative titled “Yes – So that your vote counts” in a referendum yesterday.
Hereditary Prince Alois threatened to use his veto in September to block a plan to legalise abortion, but a majority voted against the change. The royal family could have vetoed having its power of veto voted down.
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