A popular referendum, depending on jurisdiction also known as a citizens' veto, people's veto, veto referendum, citizen referendum, abrogative referendum...
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specific law, or the referendum may be only advisory. In some countries, it is synonymous with and also known as plebiscite, votation, popular consultation,...
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put directly to a plebiscite or referendum, also called a popular initiated referendum or citizen-initiated referendum. In an indirect initiative, the...
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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...
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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...
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Direct democracy (redirect from Initiative and referendum)
allow for three forms of popular action: referendum (plebiscite), initiative, and recall. The first two forms—referendums and initiatives—are examples...
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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...
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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...
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democracy where majority rule does not play a central role. Optional referendums and popular initiatives correspond to consensus democracy. Consensus democracy...
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2001 (brought about by a centre-left government and confirmed by popular referendum), which granted them residual policy competence. A further federalist...
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Athens. A popular democracy is a type of direct democracy based on referendums and other devices of empowerment and concretization of popular will. An...
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ordinary law. Along with the popular referendum and in some cantons recall elections, it is a form of direct democracy. Popular initiatives were introduced...
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introduction of parliamentarism in Sweden, six national referendums have been held. Legal provisions for referendums were introduced in 1922, one year after the adoption...
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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...
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Recall election (redirect from Recall referendum)
A recall election (also called a recall referendum, recall petition or representative recall) is a procedure by which, in certain polities, voters can...
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In Australia, referendums (also spelt referenda) are public votes held on important issues where the electorate may approve or reject a certain proposal...
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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...
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Democracy (redirect from Popular government)
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...
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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...
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Aden Abdullah Osman Daar as president. On July 20, 1961, through a popular referendum, the people of Somalia ratified a new constitution. The Illustrated...
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An institutional referendum (Italian: referendum istituzionale, or referendum sulla forma istituzionale dello Stato) was held by universal suffrage in...
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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...
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separated by the way decisions are made, whether by elected representatives, referendums, or by citizen juries. Democracies can be either republics or constitutional...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The 1995 Quebec referendum was the second referendum to ask voters in the predominantly French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec whether Quebec should...
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An independence referendum is a type of referendum in which the residents of a territory decide whether the territory should become an independent sovereign...
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both parliaments with the necessary two-thirds majority, but in a popular referendum of 5 May 1996, about 63% voted against the merger. The German states...
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adopted the referendum for municipal governments within its boundaries in 1897. South Dakota was the first state to adopt the referendum, in 1898, patterning...
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