• A mandatory referendum, also known as an obligatory referendum, is a referendum that is legally required to be held under specific circumstances. This...
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    (proposing a change) vs reactive (preventing a change) A mandatory referendum is a class of referendum required to be voted on if certain conditions are met...
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    Switzerland employs mandatory referendums as a tool of direct democracy. This type of referendum is utilized after an item has been passed by parliament...
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  • to request for a referendum also. It is a form of direct democracy. The optional referendum is in contrast to a mandatory referendum in that it is a requested...
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    as a referendum to be approved by voters. Under the state constitution, certain proposed changes to state laws may require mandatory referendums, and...
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    designated standard term of office. Mandatory referendums correspond to majority rule while optional referendums and popular initiatives correspond to...
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  • Binding referendum is facultative (not mandatory) in case of non-comprehensive changes in the Federal Constitution. There was only one binding referendum in...
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    constitution, a referendum is mandatory (mandatory referendum); for any change in a law, a referendum can be requested (optional referendum). In addition...
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  • Assembly) Mandatory referendums (votation on a modification of the constitution made by the Federal Assembly) Optional referendums (referendum on a law...
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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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  • Referendums in Germany are an element of direct democracy. On the federal level only two types of a mandatory binding referendum exist – adopting a new...
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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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  • process 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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  • state constitutional amendments to a referendum. In most cases these are mandatory referendums, meaning that a referendum is a legal requirement in order for...
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    50,000 valid signatures on a petition to get on the ballot; and mandatory referendums, which are required to revise the constitution, join an international...
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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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    Republic of Türkiye in 1923, the country held seven referendums on national level. In the first two referendums (1961 and 1982), new Constitutions were submitted...
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  • initiative (national or local) allowed by the Philippine Initiative and Referendum Act of 1987. The appellative also refers to the product of either of those...
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  • A war referendum is a proposed type of referendum in which citizens would decide whether a nation should go to war. No such referendum has ever taken place...
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    Referendums in the United Kingdom are occasionally held at a national, regional or local level. Historically, national referendums are rare due to the...
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  • the public, further public education via mandatory interactive tutorials before voting, and focusing referendums on broad values rather than technicalities...
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    popular referendum, depending on jurisdiction also known as a citizens' veto, people's veto, veto referendum, citizen referendum, abrogative referendum, rejective...
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  • 50,000 valid signatures on a petition to get on the ballot; and mandatory referendums, which are required to revise the constitution, join an international...
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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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  • 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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    votes, including the following: 27 September 1992, NRLA proposal (mandatory referendum): The final proposal by the Federal Council was accepted by 63.6%...
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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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    deadline to deliver the draft constitution by 6 November, and a mandatory referendum was set to be held on 17 December 2023. The new constitution was...
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