A multiple referendum with five questions was held in the

Bahamas The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to ...

on 27 February 2002. Voters were asked whether they approved of: #the removal of gender discrimination from the

constitution A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of Legal entity, entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed. When ...

#the creation of a national commission to monitor the standards of teachers #the creation of an independent parliamentary commissioner #the creation of an independent election boundaries commission #the increase of the retirement ages of judges from 60 to 65 (or 68 to 72 for appellate judges) All five questions were rejected by voters, with between 62.8 and 70.9% voting against.Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p80

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{{Bahamian elections 2002 referendums 2002 in the Bahamas Referendums in the Bahamas