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Summary Of: ReferendumThe referendum or plebiscite is a form of... referendum has no plural... A referendum can also be... A foundational referendum or plebiscite may be drafted by a... In other circumstances a referendum is usually initiated either by a legislature or by citizens themselves by means of a... The process of initiating a referendum by petition is known as the popular or citizen... In countries in which a referendum must be initiated by parliament it is sometimes mandatory to hold a binding referendum on... important constitutional changes will be put to a referendum and that the result will be respected... binding referendum is merely consultative or advisory... binding referendum and it may even choose to ignore them... Zealand Election Study believe that the citizen initiated referendum make the politicians more accountable... a referendum may also require the support of a... electorate in order for the result of a referendum to be considered valid... in a referendum is not necessarily the same as that for... Approval in a referendum is necessary in order to amend the... The most recent was a referendum in 1992 on a package of proposed constitutional measures known as the... A referendum which took place on 2006 in... 2007 the first referendum held in Costa Rica was to approve or reject a... The constitution also provides for a referendum on an ordinary law... Such a referendum can only take place under special circumstances... The closest referendum result was 1995... A legislative referendum can be called in order to abrogate totally or partially a law... This kind of referendum is valid only if at least a majority of electors goes to the polling station... It is forbidden to call a referendum regarding financial laws or laws relating to pardons or the ratification of international treaties... A constitutional referendum can be called in order to approve a constitutional law or amendment only when it... A constitutional referendum is valid no matter how many electors go to the polling station... there was a Temporary Referendum Law in place which allowed for non... That referendum was the first national referendum in the Netherlands in 200 years and it was the result of an initiative proposal... Government referendum are predominantly either on... binding referendum which the President can initiate on matters of principle... of the Constitution establishes a mandatory and binding referendum for the impeachment of the President in case he is deemed guilty of disobeying the... the Constitution also establishes a mandatory and binding referendum on approving Constitutional amendments... was adopted on a referendum held in 28... The constitutional referendum passed with 3... a referendum can be held in a few circumstances... There is only one referendum in Singapore to date... Swiss law may be subject to a facultative referendum if at least 50... The facultative referendum is the most usual type of referendum... There must be a referendum on any amendments to the constitution and on any joining of a multinational community or... the mere threat of a facultative referendum or of an initiative is enough to make the parliament adjust a law... any Act of Parliament giving effect to a referendum result could be reversed by a subsequent Act of Parliament... Referendums are rare and the only referendum proposal to be put to the entire UK electorate was in 1975 on continued membership... wide referendum on the new EU Constitution... held a postal referendum in 1994 on whether control of water and sewerage services should be transferred to appointed... This referendum was offered by the government as part of a violence minimization initiative known as... In 1976 a referendum was held to determine if citizens wanted to change the political system... Referendum for political reformation... The result of the referendum was to not recall Ch... A referendum usually offers the electorate only two choices... A multiple choice referendum poses the problem of how the result is to be determined if no single option... In the 1977 Australian referendum the winner was chosen by the system of... some advocates of direct democracy would have the referendum become the dominant institution of government... the referendum exists solely as a complement to the system of... Advocates of the referendum argue that certain decisions are best taken out of the hands of representatives and determined... though direct democracy is nonetheless preferable and the referendum takes precedence over Parliamentary decisions... Critics of the referendum argue that voters in a referendum are more likely driven by transient whims than careful... Some opposition to the referendum has arisen from its use by dictators such as... the arguments used by those who oppose the referendum in an interview in 2003 when discussing the possibility of a referendum in the... is if you have a referendum on an issue politicians during an election campaign say oh we... A further perceived flaw of the referendum is that in some circumstances the democratic spirit of the referendum may be flouted by... the repeated submission to the referendum of a proposal until it is eventually endorsed... Some critics of the referendum attack the use of... A difficulty which can plague a referendum of two issues or more is called the... French referendum on the European Constitution... South African referendum on the abolishment of Apartheid... Spanish referendum on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe...Encyclodia Page On: Referendum |
