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In 1986 students at UC Santa Cruz voted to make the school's official mascot the Banana Slug. The chancellor refused to honour the result, instead polling just student-athletes on the question... who also voted overwhelmingly in favour of being the Banana Slugs.

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In the early 20th century, the Suffragette (womens' rights) movement in the United States gained favour with the southern states by claiming that if white southern women had the vote, they could counter the votes of black men.

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1. Interracial marriage was technically illegal in Alabama until 2000 (although unenforceable due to Loving v Virginia). In the 2000 referendum, only 59% of people voted in favour of removing these anti-miscegenation clauses from the state constitution

2. Kazakhstan overwhelmingly voted to preserve the Soviet system. 89.2% of the population participated in the vote, of which 94.1% voted in favour. The Soviet government in Kazakhstan declared independence on 16 December 1991 as the last republic to declare independence

3. Liechtenstein was the last European country to give women the vote. This followed a referendum in 1984 (in which only men were allowed to vote): 51.3% voted in favour of the change.

4. In 1766 Igantius Sancho, a black slave and the first known person of African origin to vote in Britain, prompted Irish novelist Laurence Sterne, author of the wonderful Tristram Shandy books, to use his fame to speak in favour of abolition.

5. Until 1991 women weren't allowed to vote on a local level in certain cantons of Switzerland. As the male population would not vote in favour of this law the federal court had to order the canton to grant women the right to vote.

6. In 1998 Kellogg's renamed Coco Pops in the UK to Choco Krispies. Following a public outcry and declining sales, Kellogg's launched a vote to decide upon the new name. After receiving over 1 million votes in just 20 days, the British public voted 92% in favour of reverting the name to Coco Pops.

7. In 1898 Canada held a rare national referendum--the debate concerned alcohol prohibition. Despite the majority in favour of prohibition (51% vs 49%) Canada's Prime Minister Sir Wilfred Laurier's Government refused to recognize the vote due to the slim margin and Quebec being 81% against.

8. In 1955 only 15.5% of Swedes voted in favour of changing to right-hand driving. However, 8 years later the Riksdag approved a change to right-hand driving and in 1967 right-hand driving was implemented.

9. A town in Estonia that have adopted the Cannabis symbol to use on their flag. Of the 15000 votes cast, over 12000 were in favour the new symbol. The town has a population of 5000.

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In the Sheffield Attercliffe by-election of 1909, the Independent Conservative candidate spoke in favour of nationalising the railways, Labour won with a quarter of the vote, and one candidate sued another for damage to his bowler hat.

In 2008 Erdoğan's AKP party narrowly escaped closure and the banning of its members from politics on the charge of violating secularist values. The closure request failed by a single vote; six of eleven judges ruled in favour, with seven being required. - source

The European Parliament has voted in favour of Article 13 - source

TV Show 'Frasier' was due to be based in Denver, Colorado, until the state voted in favour of an Anti-Gay Rights amendment to it's constitution. The producers then chose to base the show in Seattle, Washington instead.