# Border poll

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{{Short description|Referendum on border location or presence}}

'''Border polls''' are [referendums](/source/referendums) that are either about the exact location of a [border](/source/border) or whether there should be a particular border at all. They are seen as both an alternative to war and a means of respecting the right to [self determination](/source/self_determination) for the local population, although there can sometimes be disputes regarding their fairness and whether they instead legitimise the current regime.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Will there be a border poll? - Institute of Irish Studies - University of Liverpool |url=https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/irish-studies/civic-space/pro-union/border-poll/will-there-be-a-border-poll/ |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=www.liverpool.ac.uk}}</ref>

==Border polls held in the aftermath of the First World War==

* [1919 Vorarlberg referendum](/source/1919_Vorarlberg_referendum)
* [1920 Carinthian plebiscite](/source/1920_Carinthian_plebiscite)
* [1920 Schleswig plebiscites](/source/1920_Schleswig_plebiscites)
* [1919 Ålandic status referendum](/source/1919_%C3%85landic_status_referendum)
* [1920 East Prussian plebiscite](/source/1920_East_Prussian_plebiscite)
* [1935 Saar status referendum](/source/1935_Saar_status_referendum)
* [Sopron plebiscite](/source/Sopron_plebiscite)
* [Upper Silesia plebiscite](/source/Upper_Silesia_plebiscite)

==Other border polls==
* [1973 Northern Ireland border poll](/source/1973_Northern_Ireland_border_poll)
* [1915–1916 Church of England border polls](/source/1915%E2%80%931916_Church_of_England_border_polls)
* [1961 British Cameroons referendum](/source/1961_British_Cameroons_referendum)
* [2012 North Kosovo referendum](/source/2012_North_Kosovo_referendum)
* [2015 La Manga del Cura status referendum](/source/2015_La_Manga_del_Cura_status_referendum)
* [Abyei status referendum](/source/Abyei_status_referendum)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

Category:Border polls

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