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The Referendum Act was promoted and introduced by the Democratic Progressive Party for years and then enacted by the Legislative Yuan in 2003. There had been six national referendums and two local referendums in Taiwan before several sections of the Referendum Act were revised to lower the threshold in December 2017. No national referendum had ...
Referendums in Albania (3 P) Referendums in Algeria (1 C, 11 P) Referendums in Andorra (4 P) ... Initiatives and referendums in Haiti (1 C, 10 P) Referendums in Haiti ...
Initiatives and referendums—collectively known as "ballot measures", "propositions", or simply "questions"—differ from most legislation passed by representative democracies; ordinarily, an elected legislative body develops and passes laws. Initiatives and referendums, by contrast, allow citizens to vote directly on legislation.
Initiatives (3 C, 27 P) M. Multiple-choice referendums (31 P) O. ... Pages in category "Referendums" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
An initiative authorizing the state to issue bonds for the purpose of constructing water pollution prevention facilities [17] Passed [17] 1,906,385 (70.54%) 796,079 (29.46%) Proposal 4 An initiative authorizing the state to issue bonds for the purpose of constructing public recreational facilities [17] Passed [17] 1,384,254 (52.84%) 1,235,681 ...
In the United States, the term "referendum" typically refers to a popular vote to overturn legislation already passed at the state or local levels (mainly in the western United States). By contrast, "initiatives" and "legislative referrals" consist of newly drafted legislation submitted directly to a popular vote as an alternative to adoption ...
A legislative referral (or legislative referendum) is a referendum in which a legislature puts proposed legislation up for popular vote. This may either be voluntarily or, as is the case in many countries for a constitutional amendment, as a mandatory part of the procedure for passing a law.
A constitutional referendum was held in Albania on 22 November 1998. [1] Voters were asked whether they approved of the constitution. It was approved by 93.5% of voters with a turnout of 50.6%, [2] and came into force on 28 November. [3]