Official notice of the referendum on Croatia's status, Republic Commission (Zagreb, 9 May 1991)

Region

Eastern Europe and Eurasia

Country

Croatia

Medium

Document

Issuer type

State

Regime

Tudjman Government

Leader

Franjo Tudjman

Audience

Domestic public

Purpose

Mobilize or secure compliance

Themes

Elections and party politics, Race and ethnicity

Event

Croatian Independence Referendum 1991

Source

Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are

Source

Wikimedia Commons (photograph by Roberta F., Croatian History Museum exhibition), retrieved October 11, 2026

Rights

CC BY-SA 3.0 (photograph, Roberta F., via Commons); the notice itself is an official Croatian government text
Photograph: Roberta F., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Notice: Republic Commission for the Conduct of the Referendum, Republic of Croatia, 1991.

Original (Croatian) · read from the image, not independently checked

OBAVIJEST
Republička komisija za provedbu referenduma osnovana Odlukom Predsjednika Republike Hrvatske od 26. travnja 1991. ("Narodne novine" 21/91)
objavljuje
da će se u Republici Hrvatskoj održati referendum u nedjelju, 19. svibnja 1991. godine
Na referendumu će građani sa "ZA" ili "PROTIV" odgovoriti na dva slijedeća pitanja postavljena na dva listića.
1) Jeste li za to da Republika Hrvatska, kao suverena i samostalna država, koja jamči kulturnu autonomiju i sva građanska prava Srbima i pripadnicima drugih nacionalnosti u Hrvatskoj, može stupiti u savez suverenih država s drugim republikama (prema prijedlogu Republike Hrvatske i Republike Slovenije za rješenje državne krize SFRJ)? - PLAVI LISTIĆ
ZA PROTIV
2) Jeste li za to da Republika Hrvatska ostane u Jugoslaviji kao jedinstvenoj saveznoj državi (prema prijedlogu Republike Srbije i Socijalističke Republike Crne Gore za rješenje državne krize u SFRJ)? - CRVENI LISTIĆ
ZA PROTIV
REPUBLIČKA KOMISIJA ZA PROVEDBU REFERENDUMA
Zagreb, Radićev trg 6
Zagreb, 9. svibnja 1991.
TAJNIK KOMISIJE
Toni Glowatzky, v.r.
PREDSJEDNIK KOMISIJE
Vjekoslav Vidović, v.r.

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

NOTICE
The Republic Commission for the Conduct of the Referendum, established by the Decision of the President of the Republic of Croatia of 26 April 1991 ("Narodne novine" 21/91), announces that a referendum will be held in the Republic of Croatia on Sunday, 19 May 1991.
At the referendum citizens will answer "FOR" or "AGAINST" to the following two questions, put on two ballot papers.
1) Are you in favour of the Republic of Croatia, as a sovereign and independent state which guarantees cultural autonomy and all civil rights to Serbs and members of other nationalities in Croatia, being able to enter an alliance of sovereign states with the other republics (according to the proposal of the Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Slovenia for resolving the state crisis of the SFRY)? - BLUE BALLOT
FOR AGAINST
2) Are you in favour of the Republic of Croatia remaining in Yugoslavia as a single federal state (according to the proposal of the Republic of Serbia and the Socialist Republic of Montenegro for resolving the state crisis in the SFRY)? - RED BALLOT
FOR AGAINST
REPUBLIC COMMISSION FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE REFERENDUM
Zagreb, Radićev trg 6
Zagreb, 9 May 1991.
SECRETARY OF THE COMMISSION
Toni Glowatzky, signed
PRESIDENT OF THE COMMISSION
Vjekoslav Vidović, signed
(Literal translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader. 'v.r.' abbreviates 'vlastoručno', signed by hand.)

Read from a photograph of a framed copy with reflections across the glass; the signatory names are read from the image and the spelling of 'Vidović' is the least certain. Line breaks of the original are not kept.