Then, in 1997, the state's voters backed the law again, this time by a decisive 60 percent to 40 percent.

However Labour believed voters would back them as they said the council was providing good services.

In the end, though, voters overwhelmingly backed the prince's powers, with barely 24% saying the veto should go.

In unofficial results, 17,656 voters backed the change and 16,881 opposed it.

Last month most Canadian voters backed candidates who opposed the free-trade agreement.

Since then, voters in the county have solidly backed the Republican presidential nominees by convincing margins.

In 1997, the state's voters backed the law again, this time by 60 percent to 40 percent.

Asked how they rated Bush's handling of the economy, voters backed it by 56-33.

The truth, of course, is that voters backed Bush's candidates because they supported the relentless focus on terrorism the president had shown since 9/11.

The Legislature threw out a term-limits law that voters had backed twice.