Requirements for a referendum to pass
Cook Islands
Answer
- Mandatory referendum - qualified majority
- Optional referendum - simple majority
Source
The Constitution of the Cook Islands is at: http://www.parliament.gov.ck/Constitution.pdf
The Constitutional and Other Polls Act 1993 is at:
Comment
Constitution of the Cook Islands sections 37(7)(b)(iii) and 41(2)(c) each require two-thirds of those voting to approve a mandatory constitutional referendum.
The Constitution and Other Polls Act 1993, Section 4 provides for ad hoc (optional and advisory) referendums (as known as polls). Since these are merely advisory referendums the notion of ‘passing’ is majoritarian.
