2010 Acre time zone referendum

Acre state time zone referendum
31 October 2010
Are you in favor of the recent change of legal time zone promoted in your state?
Outcome
  • Time zone in the state of Acre and part of Amazonas returned to UTC-05:00.
  • Federal Law no. 11,662/2008 repealed.
Results
Choice
 Votes  %
Yes 139,891 43.13%
No 184,478 56.87%
Valid votes 324,369 96.56%
Invalid or blank votes 11,552 3.44%
Total votes 335,921 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 470,560 71.39%

The 2010 Acre referendum consisted of a decision regarding maintaining the time zone change for the Brazilian state of Acre, as the state had an 1-hour difference from Brasília Time (UTC-03:00) in 2008, when the original time zone had minus 2 hours from Brasília.

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