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2006 Panama Canal expansion referendum

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Opposition to the project was vigorous as skeptics questioned the government's cost estimates and raised fears that corruption would doom the project. But the government's campaign for the expansion, the largest modernization of the canal in its history, was even more intense. Officials portrayed a
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Press Room of the Electoral Tribunal. The centers receive the unofficial results given by each polling station by phone, cell phone and other means, while the official results begin their journey to the different counting centers. Under this system, by 6 p.m. (2 hours after the voting ended) the
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was low, 43.32%. Voting took place on schedule from 7am to 4pm but people still in line at that time were allowed to vote. Unofficial results were made known by the Electoral Tribunal by its system of unofficial results reporting, just 30 minutes after the voting ended. This system consists of
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The dates listed are normally the date the survey was concluded, not the date it was published. Most news and political affairs sources use the convention of using the last date that the poll was conducted in order to establish the inclusion/exclusion of current events. Only polls after the
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results of approximately 25% of polling stations were available and the likely approval of the project was known. However, the official results were the responsibility of the National Scrutiny Junta, and that took three days as official declarations came from all over the country to
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said this was the most important decision this generation had to take. He considered the decision an opportunity that has to include all Panamanians, the ones that voted Yes, the ones that voted No, the ones that decided not to vote and the ones too young to
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The trade organization Dansk Rederiforening (the Danish Shipping Council) was pleased with the decision to expand the Panama Canal and believed that the expansion would be positive both to the Danish and the international shipping
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growth prospects. However, the referendum itself would not have an immediate impact on Panama's sovereign ratings, as uncertainties remained about debt financing, future revenues from tolls, and Panama's ongoing fiscal
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said that "There will be an impact on the pocketbook. The transit costs will be cheaper, and that will have an effect on the market. This is important to the U.S. It's important to our economy".
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approved the project, and on July 14, the National Assembly unanimously approved the proposal to expand the Canal. In addition, the Assembly created and passed a law mandating a national
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to the Panamanian people after years of study by the ACP. The largest project at the Canal since its original construction, the expansion doubled its capacity and allowed more traffic.
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This poll was done as a simulated referendum, using a similar ballot to the one used on the October 22 referendum, having a secret vote. People that said that they were definitely
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stated that the approval of the Panama Canal expansion referendum could yield positive results for the country in the long term in terms of higher external and fiscal receipts and
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in which the people of Panama would vote to approve expansion. The referendum was held on October 22, 2006, the first Sunday at least 90 days after the legislation was signed.
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The project created a new lane of traffic along the Canal through the construction of a new set of locks. Details of the project included the following integrated components:
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for its approval or rejection. It also has to be submitted to a national referendum no earlier than three months after its approval by the National Assembly.
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This time the same people were asked to make a simulated vote too. People that said they were not going to vote on the referendum were excluded (7.8%).
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complexes, one on the Atlantic side and another on the Pacific side, each with three chambers, which include three water-saving basins;
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in these surveys is typically between 2 and 2.9%. See the links for actual error values associated with particular surveys.
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5.25 billion, would be self-financed by tolls increase and would take up to 7 or 8 years of construction time.
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The excavation of new access channels to the new locks and the widening of existing navigational channels; and
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The deepening of the navigation channels and the elevation of GatĂşn Lake's maximum operating level.
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going to vote (16%) were excluded from this simulation. This exercise had no null or blank votes.
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at the right with a red background. Above these two options the text of the question read:
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The voting process went smoothly, without major events that could tamper the results. The
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Do you approve the proposal to build the third set of locks in the Panama Canal?
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on its referendum result and offered to participate in the expansion of the
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Speech of President Torrijos after the result of the referendum was known.
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In this poll the question was made out loud and the answer was registered.
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proposal of construction of a Third Set of Locks on the Panama Canal
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on October 22, 2006. The proposal was approved by 78% of voters.
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Panama Canal Expansion Proposal by the Panama Canal Authority
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series of data-collecting centers that communicate with the
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According to the ACP, the project had an estimated cost of
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Panamanian referendum which expanded the Panama Canal
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