This referendum was boycotted by the two parties opposed to statehood. Voters were given the choice between being a Commonwealth, statehood or independence. This was by far the most successful referendum for statehood advocates. The Partition Plan was invoked to provide legitimacy to Palestinian statehood. After the war he emerged as an advocate for Palestinian statehood. His election proved pivotal to the statehood movement. Then when population reached 100,000 the territory applied for statehood. He campaigned to encourage further migration to the territory, which eventually led to statehood. It became a state-capital on Goa's elevation to statehood in 1987. In 1973 Vogler began arguing about the validity of the Alaskan statehood vote. It was this June Convention which drafted the Statehood resolution. Mason was influential in petitioning for Michigan statehood. Proto-states often reference either or both doctrines in order to legitimise their claims to statehood. For some years there has been agitation for full statehood. This independency is the core of statehood.