2010 Acre time zone referendum
{{Infobox referendum
| name = Acre state time zone referendum
| country = Acre
| title = Are you in favor of the recent change of legal time zone promoted in your state?
| date = 31 October 2010
| yes = 139,891
| no = 184,478
| total = 335,921
| electorate = 470,560
| outcome = {{bulleted list|Time zone in the state of Acre and part of Amazonas returned to UTC-05:00.|Federal Law no. 11,662/2008 repealed.}}
}}
{{Time zones of Brazil}}
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.
History
In 1913, Executive Order 2,784 was signed,{{cite web|url=http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/decreto/historicos/dpl/DPL2784-1913.htm|title=Decreto nº 2.784, de 18 de junho de 1913|website=Palácio do Planalto|language=pt|author=Hermes da Fonseca|date=18 June 1913|accessdate=13 November 2020}} which instituted the first time zones in Brazil. According to paragraph d, in joint interpretation with paragraph c, Acre and the area west of the line which connects the municipalities of Tabatinga and Porto Acre, was incorporated as part of the "fourth zone", characterized by GMT-5 (current UTC-05:00). Almost a century after the change, Federal Law no. 11,662 of 2008 was signed,{{cite web|url=http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2008/Lei/L11662.htm|title=Lei nº 11.662, de 24 de abril de 2008|website=Palácio do Planalto|language=pt|author=Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva|date=24 April 2008|accessdate=13 November 2020}} which, along with another change in the state of Pará (inserting it totally in the Brasília Regional Time), made the state of Acre and southwest Amazonas advance the time by one hour, to the UTC-04:00 time zone, on 23 June 2008.{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/ac/acre/noticia/2013/10/lei-que-altera-fuso-horario-do-acre-e-de-parte-do-amazonas-e-sancionada.html|title=Lei que altera fuso horário do Acre e parte do Amazonas é sancionada|website=G1|language=pt|date=31 October 2013|accessdate=13 November 2020}}
Reasons for change
The time zone change was proposed by then Senator Tião Viana (PT-AC), who defended the change by stating that the time difference between Acre and nearby states jeopardized the state economically and culturally. After the referendum, the Abert (Brazilian Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters) opposed the return to the previous time,{{cite web|url=https://m.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2011/02/882249-quatro-meses-apos-referendo-fuso-horario-do-acre-continua-o-mesmo.shtml|title=Quatro meses após referendo, fuso horário do Acre continua o mesmo|website=Folha de S. Paulo|language=pt|first=Jean-Philip|last=Struck|date=28 February 2011|accessdate=13 November 2020}} owing to scheduling adjustments that would be required after the institution of the Brazilian advisory rating system by the Ministry of Justice in 2007.{{cite web|url=https://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/classificacao-indicativa-mantem-vinculacao-entre-faixa-etaria-horarios-4176161|title=Classificação indicativa mantém veiculação entre faixa etária e horários|website=O Globo|language=pt|date=11 July 2007|accessdate=13 November 2020}}
The referendum and its effects
The referendum was held on 31 October 2010, on the same day of the second round of the 2010 presidential election.{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/especiais/eleicoes-2010/noticia/2010/10/eleitores-do-acre-votam-em-referendo-do-fuso-horario.html|title=Eleitores do Acre votam em referendo do fuso horário|website=G1|language=pt|date=31 October 2010|accessdate=13 November 2020}} The majority of the population decided to choose to return to the previous time zone, which had a 2-hour difference from Brasília Regional Time.{{cite web|url=https://oglobo.globo.com/politica/em-referendo-acre-decide-pela-volta-de-2h-de-diferenca-no-fuso-horario-2931592|title=Em referendo, Acre decide pela volta de 2h de diferença no fuso horário|website=O Globo|language=pt|date=1 November 2010|accessdate=13 November 2020}}
The provisions of the referendum did not immediately commence due to doubts of the validity of the referendum by certain political elements{{cite web|url=http://www.ac24horas.com/2012/07/11/senador-cassado-idealizou-manobra-contra-validade-de-referendo-sobre-hora-do-acre/|title=Senador cassado idealizou contra validade de referendo sobre hora do Acre|website=AC24Horas|language=pt|first=Roberto|last=Vaz|date=11 July 2012|accessdate=13 November 2020}} and pressure from TV broadcasters{{cite web|url=https://www.viomundo.com.br/denuncias/altino-machado-globo-tenta-impedir-que-acre-volte-a-ter-fuso-horario.html|title=Globo tenta impedir que o Acre adote fuso horário aprovado em referendo|website=ViOMundo|language=pt|first=Altino|last=Machado|date=18 February 2011|accessdate=13 November 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://senaonline.net/petecao-nao-vou-ceder-a-pressoes-sobre-o-fuso-horario-do-acre/|title=Petecão: "Não vou ceder a pressões sobre o fuso horário do Acre"|website=SenaOnline.net|language=pt|date=23 February 2011|accessdate=13 November 2020}} that stalled its implementation for almost three years after the referendum had taken place. The change was finally approved by the Federal Senate committees in September 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/app/noticia/politica/2013/09/26/interna_politica,390249/senado-aprova-proposta-que-restabelece-fuso-horario-do-acre-e-amazonas.shtml|title=Senado aprova proposta que restabelece fuso horário do Acre e Amazonas|website=Correio Braziliense|language=pt|date=26 September 2013|accessdate=13 November 2020}}
As consequence, the Federal Law no. 12,876/2013 reestablished the previous time in Acre and southwest Amazonas, repealing the Federal Law no. 11,662/2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2011-2014/2013/lei/L12876.htm|title=Lei nº 12.876, de 30 de outubro de 2013|website=Palácio do Planalto|language=pt|author=Dilma Rousseff|date=30 October 2013|accessdate=13 November 2020}} The regions covered by the change returned to the old time zone at midnight on Sunday, 10 November 2013.{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/ac/acre/noticia/2013/11/volta-de-fuso-deixa-o-acre-3h-de-brasilia-partir-deste-domingo.html|title=Volta de fuso deixa o Acre a 3h de Brasília a partir deste domingo|website=G1|language=pt|first=Veriana|last=Ribeiro|date=9 November 2013|accessdate=13 November 2020}}
Result
As officially published by Electoral Justice, the result of Acre referendum was the following:
{{Referendum
| title = 2010 Acre time zone referendum
| no = 184,478
| nopct = 56.87
| yes = 139,891
| yespct = 43.13
| valid = 324,369
| validpct = 96.56
| invalid = 11,552
| invalidpct = 3.44
| total = 335,921
| turnoutpct = 71.39
| electorate = 470,560
| source = Superior Electoral Court{{cite web|url=https://www.justicaeleitoral.jus.br/arquivos/tre-ac-referendo-2010-fuso-horario-acre-resultado/rybena_pdf?file=https://www.justicaeleitoral.jus.br/arquivos/tre-ac-referendo-2010-fuso-horario-acre-resultado/at_download/file|title=Referendo 2010 - Resultado da totalização - Acre|publisher=Justiça Eleitoral|language=pt|date=1 November 2010|accessdate=13 November 2020}}
}}
| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:650px; text-align:center;"
|+ Acre time zone referendum results |
| style="width:57%; background:#DF1834| {{font color|white|No: 184,478 (57%)}} | style="width:43%; background:#089808| {{font color|white|Yes: |
| colspan=4 style="text-align: center; line-height: 32.1%;" | ▲ |
References
{{reflist}}
{{Brazilian elections}}
Category:Referendums in Brazil