I heard that they voted on it, didn't like the answer, and called for a second vote. I didn't hear why, but HAH. A republic in action.
A number of people, at the time of the first referendum, were talking loudly about bringing Chénier into the realm so that we could ban him and execute him. This was not the intent of the referendum, but that was not made clear, so a second referendum was needed with two options that everyone fully understood.
