Time zone vote on Jersey
Steffen Thorsen
straen at thorsen.priv.no
Thu Oct 16 07:22:37 UTC 2008
Jesper Norgaard Welen wrote:
> According to TIMESONLINE there will be a vote in "Jersey's first
> referendum to decide whether to reset the clocks to Central European
> Time - an hour ahead of United Kingdom"
>
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4944918.ece
>
> According to the article 70 percent of businesses asked were against
> this because most trading is with the UK, not France. But of course
> the public vote decides.
It seems the majority of people were against as well, as there were
6,564 votes for, and 17,230 votes against moving to CET.
According to BBC: "States members will make the final decision, as the
result of the referendum is not binding."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/jersey/7671009.stm
Best regards,
Steffen - timeanddate.com
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