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In the politics of the United States, the process of initiatives and referendums allow citizens of many U.S. states [1] to place legislation on the ballot for a referendum or popular vote, either enacting new legislation, or voting down existing legislation.
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 ...
Financial referendum: Many localities require a referendum in order for the government to issue certain bonds, raise taxes above a specified amount, or take on certain amounts of debt. In California for example, the state government may not borrow more than $300,000 without a public vote in a statewide bond proposition .
The option for statehood achieved a majority of the vote with 620,782 votes, followed by free association with 313,259 votes, and independence with 125,171 votes. An additional 204,341 ballots were either blank or invalid, with at least a significant percentage of the non-votes coming from a protest campaign against the referendum.
With more than 72% of the votes, the bonds will be used to build and refurbish county schools. In a landslide, Beaufort County votes ‘yes’ to $439 million school referendum Skip to main content
Although a referendum surrounding the Lena-Winslow School District received more than 54% of the vote in Tuesday's primary election, it did not pass.
If the referendum receives more "no" votes than "yes" votes, the law is repealed. [ 8 ] As of 2020, only 94 optional referendums proposed since 1912 had received a circulating title and summary, and of those only 52 qualified for the ballot.
The total school district referendum money passed this November is the second highest amount to be passed in a single election in at least the past 10 years.