A constitutional referendum was held in Palau on 4 November 1992 to lower the majority threshold requirement for approving the Compact of Free Association with the United States from 75% to 50%. Seven previous referendums had approved the Compact, but not by the majority required. A previous referendum had approved a lowering of the threshold, but was subsequently declared void by the Supreme Court.
1992 Palauan constitutional referendum
4 November 1992
Results
Choice
Votes
%
Yes
5,882
62.38%
No
3,548
37.62%
Valid votes
9,430
97.20%
Invalid or blank votes
272
2.80%
Total votes
9,702
100.00%
Registered voters/turnout
11,658
83.22%
The change was approved by 62.4% of voters, with an 83.2% turnout. Following this, an eighth referendum was held the following year, which finally approved the Compact.[1]