What is Plebiscite?
[[File:Irish Referendum Lisbon Treaty 2 Vote Yes.jpg|thumb|Ad to vote yes for the [[Treaty of Lisbon]], by the Irish government, in 2009.]] A '''plebiscite''' or '''referendum''' is a type of [[voting]], or of proposing [[laws]]. Some [[definition]]s of 'plebiscite' suggest that it is a type of vote to change the constitution or government of a country.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/plebiscite |title=Definition of Plebiscite |access-date=2014-11-22 |archive-date=2016-09-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160902214617/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/plebiscite |url-status=dead }}</ref> Others define it as the opposite. [[Australia]] defines 'referendum' as a vote to change the constitution and 'plebiscite' as a vote that does not affect the constitution.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/referendums-and-plebiscites.html |title= Referendums and Plebiscites}}</ref> There are two types of result * Mandatory - meaning the government must do what the result says * Advisory - meaning the result of the vote is only to help the government make the final choice. It usually depends on the country's history and constitution what sort of referendum/plebiscite is used. In [[Switzerland]] a referendum is usually mandatory, because the people are seen as the source of the government's mandate (power) to govern. For example, during Switzerland's [[basic income]] campaign there was a national referendum for the polling.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://basicincome.org/news/2016/06/switzerlands-basic-income-referendum-a-retrospective/|title=Switzerland's Basic Income Referendum: A Retrospective {{!}} Basic Income News|date=2016-06-05|newspaper=BIEN|access-date=2018-02-10|language=en-US|archive-date=2017-09-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913154633/http://basicincome.org/news/2016/06/switzerlands-basic-income-referendum-a-retrospective/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ir