Another disadvantage of non-binding referendums is that it might be a waste of resources having a referendum if the Politicians have already decided that they are not advancing towards changing the law even though the citizens have the signatures for the referendum to proceed, the house of representatives reduction referendum is an example of this where even though there transpired to be a 81.5% vote for yes the size of the house of representatives did not decrease(Simon Collins, 2009). A final disadvantage of a non-binding referendum is that voters may not vote if they are of the opinion that their vote may not count for anything, an example of this is the Asset Sales referendum where there which was non-binding and only resulted in a 45.1% turnout (Electoral Commision,
Another disadvantage of non-binding referendums is that it might be a waste of resources having a referendum if the Politicians have already decided that they are not advancing towards changing the law even though the citizens have the signatures for the referendum to proceed, the house of representatives reduction referendum is an example of this where even though there transpired to be a 81.5% vote for yes the size of the house of representatives did not decrease(Simon Collins, 2009). A final disadvantage of a non-binding referendum is that voters may not vote if they are of the opinion that their vote may not count for anything, an example of this is the Asset Sales referendum where there which was non-binding and only resulted in a 45.1% turnout (Electoral Commision,