Slovenia 2026 - October Referendums

This is the only binding vote of the day. Parliament passed amendments to the Parliamentary Inquiry Act on 26 May 2026. They are not in force yet. A yes vote supports the amendments. A no vote is against the law. The law is rejected only if no wins a majority of valid votes and at least 339,706 people vote no, one fifth of all voters. If that bar is not met, the law can enter into force. If it is rejected, parliament may not pass a law to the same effect for at least one year. Today a wide group, including the person under inquiry, can ask the Constitutional Court to review the opening of an inquiry. Under the amendments, only the Judicial Council and the state prosecutor general could ask. The person under inquiry could go to court only within eight days after a final report, and many inquiries never produce one. A court challenge used to pause the inquiry. In September 2026 the Constitutional Court ended that pause. Supporters say the old rules let people delay inquiries. Opponents say people lose a way to challenge an inquiry before it starts.

This is a consultative referendum. Parliament is asking voters whether they support an idea. It does not have to follow the result, and a yes vote does not by itself change the law. The question is about cash social assistance, the benefit paid to people whose income is too low to live on. It asks whether that right, for people who are able to work and have no objective obstacle to working, should depend on them actively doing socially useful work. A yes vote supports that condition. A no vote opposes making the benefit depend on that work. The question does not set the hours, the pay, or who would assign the work. Any such rule would need a later law.

This vote is consultative. Parliament does not have to follow the result, and the vote does not itself change the law. Local elections choose mayors and municipal councils. The next ones are on 15 November 2026. The question is whether only citizens of Slovenia and of other EU countries should have the local vote, and not citizens of other countries. From 2002, citizens of countries outside the EU could vote in local elections if they had a permanent residence permit and a registered address in Slovenia. A law that took effect on 2 September 2026 removes that right. The Constitutional Court has refused to suspend the law and has not yet decided if the change is constitutional. Those residents are not on the November local roll. A yes vote supports this limit. A no vote opposes it. Neither result automatically restores or removes the right. EU citizens keep their local vote under EU law.

This is a consultative referendum. Parliament does not have to follow the result, and a yes vote does not by itself end the payment. Radiotelevizija Slovenija is the public radio and television broadcaster. Households pay a compulsory contribution toward its programmes. The question is whether that compulsory payment should end. A yes vote supports ending it. A no vote supports keeping it. The question does not say how the programmes would be paid for if the contribution ended. Ending it would need a later change in the law.