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| There were two choices to choose from on the ballot. Voters were able to choose only one of these.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official voting bulletin |url=http://www.rada.crimea.ua/textdoc/ru/6/act/1702pr.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316100339/http://www.rada.crimea.ua/textdoc/ru/6/act/1702pr.pdf |archive-date=March 16, 2014 |access-date=March 15, 2014}}</ref> The choices reflected the following stances:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Provisional regulations on republican (local) referendum in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea |url=http://www.rada.crimea.ua/textdoc/ru/6/act/1702pr2.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418205506/http://www.rada.crimea.ua/textdoc/ru/6/act/1702pr2.pdf |archive-date=April 18, 2014 |access-date=March 7, 2014 |publisher=[[Supreme Council of Crimea|rada.crimea.ua]]}}</ref><ref name="BBC">{{Cite news |date=March 6, 2014 |title=Ukraine crisis: Crimea parliament asks to join Russia |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26465962 |url-status=live |access-date=March 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405143452/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26465962 |archive-date=April 5, 2020}}</ref> | There were two choices to choose from on the ballot. Voters were able to choose only one of these.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Official voting bulletin |url=http://www.rada.crimea.ua/textdoc/ru/6/act/1702pr.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316100339/http://www.rada.crimea.ua/textdoc/ru/6/act/1702pr.pdf |archive-date=March 16, 2014 |access-date=March 15, 2014}}</ref> The choices reflected the following stances:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Provisional regulations on republican (local) referendum in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea |url=http://www.rada.crimea.ua/textdoc/ru/6/act/1702pr2.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418205506/http://www.rada.crimea.ua/textdoc/ru/6/act/1702pr2.pdf |archive-date=April 18, 2014 |access-date=March 7, 2014 |publisher=[[Supreme Council of Crimea|rada.crimea.ua]]}}</ref><ref name="BBC">{{Cite news |date=March 6, 2014 |title=Ukraine crisis: Crimea parliament asks to join Russia |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26465962 |url-status=live |access-date=March 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405143452/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26465962 |archive-date=April 5, 2020}}</ref> |
| :'''''Choice 1:''' Do you support the reunification of Crimea with Russia with all the rights of the federal subject of the Russian Federation?'' | :'''''Choice 1:''' Do you support the reunification of Crimea with Russia with all the rights of a federal subject of the Russian Federation?'' |
| :'''''Choice 2:''' Do you support the restoration of the [[1992 Crimean constitution|Constitution of the Republic of Crimea in 1992]] and the status of the Crimea [[Administrative divisions of Ukraine|as part of Ukraine]]?''<ref name="kryminfo1">{{Cite web |date=March 8, 2014 |title=При воссоединении с Россией крымчане дискомфорта не почувствуют! |trans-title=When reuniting with Russia, the Crimeans will not feel any discomfort! |url=http://www.kryminfo.net/pri-vossoedinenii-s-osiyey-krymchane-diskomforta-ne-pochustvuyut/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014032...osiyey-krymchane-diskomforta-ne-pochustvuyut/ |archive-date=March 23, 2014 |access-date=March 23, 2014 |website=kryminfo.net}}</ref> | :'''''Choice 2:''' Do you support the restoration of the [[1992 Crimean constitution|Constitution of the Republic of Crimea in 1992]] and the status of the Crimea [[Administrative divisions of Ukraine|as part of Ukraine]]?''<ref name="kryminfo1">{{Cite web |date=March 8, 2014 |title=При воссоединении с Россией крымчане дискомфорта не почувствуют! |trans-title=When reuniting with Russia, the Crimeans will not feel any discomfort! |url=http://www.kryminfo.net/pri-vossoedinenii-s-osiyey-krymchane-diskomforta-ne-pochustvuyut/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014032...osiyey-krymchane-diskomforta-ne-pochustvuyut/ |archive-date=March 23, 2014 |access-date=March 23, 2014 |website=kryminfo.net}}</ref> |
| The referendum's available choices did not include keeping the status quo of retaining arrangements enacted by the 1998 [[Constitution of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea]]. Additionally, the second choice, is unclear because there were two revisions of the [[Constitution of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea|Crimean constitution]] in 1992.<ref name="duplicate">{{Cite web |date=March 6, 2014 |title=Парламент Крыма принял постановление "О проведении общекрымского референдума" |trans-title=The Crimean Parliament adopted a resolution "On holding an all-Crimean referendum" |url=http://www.rada.crimea.ua/news/06_03_2014_1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306131903/http://www.rada.crimea.ua/news/06_03_2014_1 |archive-date=March 6, 2014 |publisher=Пресс-центр Верховного Совета АРК (Press center of the Supreme Council of ARC)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Верховный Совет Автономной Республики Крым |trans-title=Supreme Soviet of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea |url=http://referendum2014.ru/upload/iblock/452/4524db18d1f0f476965564be3be08a2e.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014031...lock/452/4524db18d1f0f476965564be3be08a2e.htm |archive-date=March 13, 2014 |access-date=March 15, 2014 |publisher=Referendum2014.ru |df=mdy-all}}</ref> The original [[Constitution of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea#History|1992 constitution]] was adopted together with a [[declaration of independence]], but parliament then amended the constitution one day later to affirm that Crimea "was a part of Ukraine".{{efn|name=kolsto-edemsky-1995|Kolstø; Edemsky (1995) "On 5 May 1992 the Crimean parliament adopted a constitution plus a Declaration of Independence. [...] However, on the very next day, the parliament inserted a new sentence into the new constitution to the effect that the Crimean republic [was] a constituent part of the Ukrainian republic." p. 194<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Kolstø |first1=Pål |url=https://archive.org/details/russiansinformer0000kols |title=Russians in the Former Soviet Republics |last2=Edemsky |first2=Andrei |publisher=C. Hurst & Co. Publishers |year=1995 |isbn=978-1-85065-206-9 |page=[https://archive.org/details/russiansinformer0000kols/page/194 194] |quote=26 February 1992 Crimean constitution. |url-access=registration}}</ref>}}<ref>[[Constitution of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea|Constitution of Crimea]] (May 6, 1992; in Russian) [http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/krym/show/rb076a002-92/ed19920506 Article 9] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/2016030...rada.gov.ua/krym/show/rb076a002-92/ed19920506 |date=March 4, 2016 }}. "The Republic of Crimea is a part of Ukraine and establishes relations with it on a basis of treaty and contracts." Retrieved on March 15, 2014.</ref> | The referendum's available choices did not include keeping the status quo of retaining arrangements enacted by the 1998 [[Constitution of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea]]. Additionally, the meaning of the second choice is unclear because there were two revisions of the [[Constitution of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea|Crimean constitution]] in 1992.<ref name="duplicate">{{Cite web |date=March 6, 2014 |title=Парламент Крыма принял постановление "О проведении общекрымского референдума" |trans-title=The Crimean Parliament adopted a resolution "On holding an all-Crimean referendum" |url=http://www.rada.crimea.ua/news/06_03_2014_1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306131903/http://www.rada.crimea.ua/news/06_03_2014_1 |archive-date=March 6, 2014 |publisher=Пресс-центр Верховного Совета АРК (Press center of the Supreme Council of ARC)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Верховный Совет Автономной Республики Крым |trans-title=Supreme Soviet of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea |url=http://referendum2014.ru/upload/iblock/452/4524db18d1f0f476965564be3be08a2e.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014031...lock/452/4524db18d1f0f476965564be3be08a2e.htm |archive-date=March 13, 2014 |access-date=March 15, 2014 |publisher=Referendum2014.ru |df=mdy-all}}</ref> The original [[Constitution of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea#History|1992 constitution]] was adopted together with a [[declaration of independence]], but the parliament then amended the constitution one day later to affirm that Crimea "was a part of Ukraine".{{efn|name=kolsto-edemsky-1995|Kolstø; Edemsky (1995) "On 5 May 1992 the Crimean parliament adopted a constitution plus a Declaration of Independence. [...] However, on the very next day, the parliament inserted a new sentence into the new constitution to the effect that the Crimean republic [was] a constituent part of the Ukrainian republic." p. 194<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Kolstø |first1=Pål |url=https://archive.org/details/russiansinformer0000kols |title=Russians in the Former Soviet Republics |last2=Edemsky |first2=Andrei |publisher=C. Hurst & Co. Publishers |year=1995 |isbn=978-1-85065-206-9 |page=[https://archive.org/details/russiansinformer0000kols/page/194 194] |quote=26 February 1992 Crimean constitution. |url-access=registration}}</ref>}}<ref>[[Constitution of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea|Constitution of Crimea]] (May 6, 1992; in Russian) [http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/krym/show/rb076a002-92/ed19920506 Article 9] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/2016030...rada.gov.ua/krym/show/rb076a002-92/ed19920506 |date=March 4, 2016 }}. "The Republic of Crimea is a part of Ukraine and establishes relations with it on a basis of treaty and contracts." Retrieved on March 15, 2014.</ref> |
| Many commentators, including ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[Kyiv Post]], and [[Fox News]] argued that both choices would result in ''de facto'' independence.<ref name="autogenerated1" /><ref name="autogenerated5">{{Cite news |last=Saideman |first=Stephen |date=March 12, 2014 |title=In Crimea's sham referendum, all questions lead to 'yes' |work=Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/glo...um-all-questions-lead-to-yes/article17396854/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2015100...um-all-questions-lead-to-yes/article17396854/ |archive-date=October 8, 2015 |quote="...voters in Crimea next Sunday will be asked whether they support the union of Crimea with Russia (an act of [[irredentism]]) or whether Crimea should be independent (secession). There is no alternative – one cannot vote for the status quo ante of remaining within Ukraine."}}</ref><ref name="kpyesyes">{{Cite news |date=March 7, 2014 |title=Two choices in Crimean referendum: yes and yes |work=Kyiv Post |url=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/two-choices-in-crimean-referendum-yes-and-yes-338745.html |url-status=live |access-date=March 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014031...in-crimean-referendum-yes-and-yes-338745.html |archive-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref><ref name="foxyes">{{Cite web |date=March 11, 2014 |title=Crimea parliament vote offers two choices on Russia – join now or later |url=http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/0...kovych-says-extremists-hold-power-in-ukraine/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014031...kovych-says-extremists-hold-power-in-ukraine/ |archive-date=March 15, 2014 |access-date=March 15, 2014 |publisher=Fox News}}</ref><ref name="biyes">{{Cite news |last=Murphy |first=Dan |title=Russia Was Prepared To Take Crimea For Years |work=Business Insider |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-was-prepared-to-take-crimea-for-years-2014-3 |url-status=live |access-date=March 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014031...-was-prepared-to-take-crimea-for-years-2014-3 |archive-date=March 13, 2014 |quote="Voters are being given a choice between independence or unification with Russia"}}</ref> | Many commentators, including those at ''[[The New York Times]]'', [[Kyiv Post]], and [[Fox News]], argued that both choices would result in ''de facto'' independence.<ref name="autogenerated1" /><ref name="autogenerated5">{{Cite news |last=Saideman |first=Stephen |date=March 12, 2014 |title=In Crimea's sham referendum, all questions lead to 'yes' |work=Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/glo...um-all-questions-lead-to-yes/article17396854/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2015100...um-all-questions-lead-to-yes/article17396854/ |archive-date=October 8, 2015 |quote="...voters in Crimea next Sunday will be asked whether they support the union of Crimea with Russia (an act of [[irredentism]]) or whether Crimea should be independent (secession). There is no alternative – one cannot vote for the status quo ante of remaining within Ukraine."}}</ref><ref name="kpyesyes">{{Cite news |date=March 7, 2014 |title=Two choices in Crimean referendum: yes and yes |work=Kyiv Post |url=http://www.kyivpost.com/content/ukraine/two-choices-in-crimean-referendum-yes-and-yes-338745.html |url-status=live |access-date=March 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014031...in-crimean-referendum-yes-and-yes-338745.html |archive-date=March 10, 2014}}</ref><ref name="foxyes">{{Cite web |date=March 11, 2014 |title=Crimea parliament vote offers two choices on Russia – join now or later |url=http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/0...kovych-says-extremists-hold-power-in-ukraine/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014031...kovych-says-extremists-hold-power-in-ukraine/ |archive-date=March 15, 2014 |access-date=March 15, 2014 |publisher=Fox News}}</ref><ref name="biyes">{{Cite news |last=Murphy |first=Dan |title=Russia Was Prepared To Take Crimea For Years |work=Business Insider |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-was-prepared-to-take-crimea-for-years-2014-3 |url-status=live |access-date=March 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014031...-was-prepared-to-take-crimea-for-years-2014-3 |archive-date=March 13, 2014 |quote="Voters are being given a choice between independence or unification with Russia"}}</ref> |
| The ballot was printed in three languages: [[Russian language|Russian]], [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] and [[Crimean Tatar language|Crimean Tatar]] (in the [[Cyrillic script]]).<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 7, 2014 |script-title=ru:Бюллетени всекрымского референдума напечатают на трех языках | Крымское информационное агентство |url=http://www.kianews.com.ua/news/byulleteni-vsekrymskogo-referenduma-napechatayut-na-treh-yazykah |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014030...kogo-referenduma-napechatayut-na-treh-yazykah |archive-date=March 7, 2014 |access-date=March 7, 2014 |publisher=Kianews.com.ua |language=ru}}</ref> | The ballot was printed in three languages: [[Russian language|Russian]], [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] and [[Crimean Tatar language|Crimean Tatar]] (in the [[Cyrillic script]]).<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 7, 2014 |script-title=ru:Бюллетени всекрымского референдума напечатают на трех языках | Крымское информационное агентство |url=http://www.kianews.com.ua/news/byulleteni-vsekrymskogo-referenduma-napechatayut-na-treh-yazykah |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2014030...kogo-referenduma-napechatayut-na-treh-yazykah |archive-date=March 7, 2014 |access-date=March 7, 2014 |publisher=Kianews.com.ua |language=ru}}</ref> |
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