Concept information
Preferred term
initiative and referendum
Definition
- The initiative, a type of direct democracy, allows voters by petition to place one or more constitutional and statutory propositions on the referendum ballot. Propositions also may be placed on the referendum ballot automatically by a constitution (illustrated by the question of convening a constitutional convention placed on the New York State ballot every twenty years) and by legislative bodies. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Initiative and Referendum]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/initiative_and_referendum
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