A popular referendum, depending on jurisdiction also known as a citizens' veto, people's veto, veto referendum, citizen referendum, abrogative referendum...

specific law, or the referendum may be only advisory. In some countries, it is synonymous with and also known as plebiscite, votation, popular consultation,...

put directly to a plebiscite or referendum, also called a popular initiated referendum or citizen-initiated referendum. In an indirect initiative, the...

of initiatives and referendums allow citizens of many U.S. states to place legislation on the ballot for a referendum or popular vote, either enacting...

of Italy only provides for four types of legally binding referendums: A popular referendum, in which the electorate is called to vote on whether they...

allow for three forms of popular action: referendum (plebiscite), initiative, and recall. The first two forms—referendums and initiatives—are examples...

types of optional referendums is the popular initiative to request a law, and the popular (or abrogative) referendum to repeal a law. The collection of...

A referendum (in some countries synonymous with plebiscite, or a vote on a ballot question) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to...

democracy where majority rule does not play a central role. Optional referendums and popular initiatives correspond to consensus democracy. Consensus democracy...

2001 (brought about by a centre-left government and confirmed by popular referendum), which granted them residual policy competence. A further federalist...

Athens. A popular democracy is a type of direct democracy based on referendums and other devices of empowerment and concretization of popular will. An...

ordinary law. Along with the popular referendum and in some cantons recall elections, it is a form of direct democracy. Popular initiatives were introduced...

Thompson to run for a third term. Attempts to put this decision to a popular referendum, to reverse it in the federal courts or to override it with state...

drafted in mid-1999 by a constituent assembly that had been created by popular referendum. Adopted in December 1999, it replaced the 1961 Constitution, the...

introduction of parliamentarism in Sweden, six national referendums have been held. Legal provisions for referendums were introduced in 1922, one year after the adoption...

A recall election (also called a recall referendum, recall petition or representative recall) is a procedure by which, in certain polities, voters can...

In Australia, referendums (also spelt referenda) are public votes held on important issues where the electorate may approve or reject a certain proposal...

citizens can propose changes to the constitution (federal popular initiative) or ask for a referendum to be held on any law voted by the parliament. Between...

separated by the way decisions are made, whether by elected representatives, referendums, or by citizen juries. Democracies can be either republics or constitutional...

National referendums are seldom used in Canada. The first two referendums in 1898 and 1942 saw voters in Quebec and the remainder of Canada take dramatically-opposing...

Aden Abdullah Osman Daar as president. On July 20, 1961, through a popular referendum, the people of Somalia ratified a new constitution. The Illustrated...

Six referendums have been held in Liechtenstein in 2024, with a seventh planned for October. On 21 January 2024 voters were asked three questions: On...

An institutional referendum (Italian: referendum istituzionale, or referendum sulla forma istituzionale dello Stato) was held by universal suffrage in...

a public referendum had failed earlier the same day by a vote of 22–28 with one abstention.) In November 2010, yet another popular referendum, limiting...

peacefully removed from power following a popular referendum. A referendum held in 2020 after waves of popular protests approved the drafting of a new constitution...

Colorado became the first American state to enact women's suffrage by popular referendum. The act granted women the right to vote "in the same manner in all...

The 1995 Quebec referendum was the second referendum to ask voters in the predominantly French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec whether Quebec should...

in Jordan." Adaileh also stated that the election results were a "popular referendum" for Jordan to scrap the Israel–Jordan peace treaty, and to back Hamas...

An independence referendum is a type of referendum in which the residents of a territory decide whether the territory should become an independent sovereign...

adopted the referendum for municipal governments within its boundaries in 1897. South Dakota was the first state to adopt the referendum, in 1898, patterning...