A constitutional referendum was held in Grenada on 6 November 2018.ANTIGUA – Antigua and Grenada to hold CCJ Referendum in November Caribbean News Services, 2 July 2018 The proposed constitutional amendment, which voters ultimately rejected, would have made the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) the final court of appeal, replacing the British Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and renamed the Supreme Court.Is Grenada's CCJ referendum really about access to justice? Part 2 Now Grenada, 5 July 2018 A slightly different proposal was previously made in a 2016 referendum, but was also rejected by voters.Grenada To Hold Another CCJ Referendum The Gleaner, 23 April 2018
Antigua and Barbuda also held a referendum on joining the CCJ on the same day; that vote also failed to pass.
Question Voters were asked to respond YES or NO to the following question:
Results No votes outstripped yeses by 12,133 to 9,846, on a turnout of 28%. Prime Minister Keith Mitchell, whose government had called the vote, said he was "disappointed" but that he was "in total acceptance of the results".
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