The optional referendum is a referendum which comes from a request by governmental authorities or the public. The best known types of optional referendums...

A referendum (pl.: referendums or less commonly referenda) is a direct vote by the electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue. This is in contrast...

referendums (part of the Constitution of California since 1856), optional referendums, and initiatives.[citation needed] The initiative and optional (or...

designated standard term of office. Mandatory referendums correspond to majority rule while optional referendums and popular initiatives correspond to consensus...

contrast to an optional referendum, which comes from either by public or legislative request. The actions that require mandatory referendums are set by law...

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...

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

constitution, a referendum is mandatory (mandatory referendum); for any change in a law, a referendum can be requested (optional referendum). In addition...

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...

passed by parliament and is then put to a vote. In contrast, an optional referendum is only held after a certain number of citizens or cantons request...

initiative (Switzerland) Referendums in France Optional referendum Recall election Politics portal France portal "Référendum d'initiative citoyenne :...

health has changed, and the law needed to be adapted accordingly. An optional referendum against this revision was initiated by the EDU, the Citizens for...

Assembly) Mandatory referendums (votation on a modification of the constitution made by the Federal Assembly) Optional referendums (referendum on a law accepted...

been held as of 2017. Unlike in constitutional referendums, voting in previous plebiscites has been optional. In 1998, the Howard government amended the...

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

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...

valid signatures on a petition to get on the ballot; facultative or optional referendums, which are citizen proposals to approve or reject a piece of existing...

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

legislative popular initiative in 1846. Berne introduced the legislative optional referendum in the same year. The political crisis of the Regeneration period...

when a referendum is held, but it is a legal procedure regulated by the Swiss constitution. There are two types of referendums: Optional referendum: Any...

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

Referendums in the United Kingdom are occasionally held at a national, regional or local level. Historically, national referendums are rare due to the...

valid signatures on a petition to get on the ballot; facultative or optional referendums, which are citizen proposals to approve or reject a piece of existing...

can be subjected to a financial referendum. The financial referendum may be either optional or mandatory. In its optional form a specified number of signatures...

Bilateral EU Agreements / 40-tonne Trucks / Heavy Traffic Fee (optional referendum): As part of a whole package of several bilateral agreements with...

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...

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

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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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...