2023 Micronesian constitutional referendum

FSM law requires that a referendum on holding a Constitutional Convention must occur at least once every ten years.

In a referendum held alongside parliamentary elections in March 2019, a majority of Micronesian voters voted in favor of holding a Constitutional Convention.

[6] The Constitutional Convention convened on 7 January 2020,[7] but was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and did not meet between 13 March 2020[8] and 1 June 2022.

[11] The nine proposed amendments to the constitution are:[2] In mid-July the National Election Office was still awaiting results from Chuuk State.

[16][17] In August, the Yap Election Commissioner was accused of having incorrectly calculated the percentage of votes in favor of the amendment on fishing revenues, using the number of registered voters as the denominator rather than the number of valid ballots cast, resulting in an erroneous rejection of the proposal.