plebiscite
n
(politics 政) (decision made by a) direct vote by all qualified citizens on an important political matter 公民投票(的表決)
A plebiscite was held to decide the fate of the country. 舉行了公民投票以決定國家的命運.
The question of which state the minority group should belong to was decided by
(a) plebiscite. 該少數民族應歸屬哪一州的問題已由公民投票表決. Cf 參看 referendum.