We have representative governments. But we can’t trust our representatives. So we have referendums. But we can’t trust voters either. That’s what it might feel like after a series of voter referendums ended in results that surprised those who put them forth, and often the rest of the world as well. According to Quartz, this is turning into the nightmarish year of the referendum. I’d ask you for your opinion, but at this point, I’m not sure I want to know it…

+ The latest referendum shocker took place in Colombia, where voters rejected the government’s peace deal with FARC. From The New Yorker: “The victory of the ‘No’ side has triggered a political crisis of unforeseeable proportions in Colombia. Nobody knows what will happen next.”

+ Colombia’s war zones voted for peace, while those in the cities rejected the deal.