WASHINGTON, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Voters in the majority of 32 towns in the northern U.S. state of Wisconsin voted on Tuesday to bring U.S. troops home in local referendums on the Iraq war, U.S. media reported on Wednesday.

    By margins overwhelming in some places and narrow in others, voters in 24 of the 32 Wisconsin towns called for the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.

    Although the referendums are non-binding, organizers hope the results will send a clear message to Washington.

    Under a 1911 state law that grants municipalities the right to "direct legislation," Wisconsin residents can stage referenda on government policy.

    Such measures have been taken by city councils and voters in other U.S. states, including Vermont, which served as a model for Wisconsin's effort.

    Although the outcome of the referenda is only advisory and has no binding on the Bush administration, it comes at a time when thepresident's popularity is sinking and support for the war is ebbing. Enditem