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Referendum

A referendum, plebiscite, or ballot measure is a direct vote by the electorate (rather than their representatives) on a proposal, law, or political issue. A referendum may be either binding, resulting in the adoption of a new policy, or consultive (or advisory), functioning like a large opinion poll.

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related to Further reading · 58
Referendum → Altman, Badie, Berg-Schlosser, Bessen, Brendan, Brett, Cambridge University Press, Check, David, Democracy, Demystifying Direct Democracy, Direct Democracy Worldwide, Electoral Studies, Eli Gavin, Elite Strategy, Europe, European Referendums, Explaining, Government, In
related to Criticism of populist aspect · 14
Referendum → Adolf Hitler, Also, António, Benito Mussolini, Dictators, Ferdinand Marcos, Francisco Franco, Germany, Hitler's, In Political Governance, Oliveira Salazar, Park Chung Hee, Some, World War II
related to Sources · 14
Referendum → Applied Quantitative Methods, German, Journal, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Ovidiu, PDF, Statistik Schweiz, Stimmbeteiligung, Swiss Confederation, The Federal Authorities, Turcoane, Wikisource-logo
related to Disputes · 12
Referendum → Brexit, British, Catalonia's, European Court, Human Rights, Important, In, International, Mrak, Slovenia, Spanish Constitutional Court, Toplak
related to Etymology · 9
Referendum → As, English, It, Its, Latin, Oxford English Dictionary, Propositum, The, This
related to Multiple-choice referendums · 9
Referendum → Australia, Guam, However, In, In Switzerland, New Zealand, Sweden, This, Two
related to Mining referendum · 8
Referendum → Argentina, Cuenca, Ecuador, Esquel, In, Mining, Peru, Tambo Grande
related to Referendums related to the European Union · 8
Referendum → EU, EU-related, European Communities, European Union, Other EU-related, Since, The, This
related to history · 5
Referendum → After, Graubünden, Swiss, The, This
is a · 4
Referendum → class of referendum required to be voted on if certain conditions are met or for certain government actions to be taken, class of referendums that are put to the vote as a result of a demand, direct and universal vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a mining proposal, type of referendum in which the residents of a territory decide whether the territory should become an independent sovereign state

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referendums vote voting use used latin government quorum also voters held rather may participation direct mandatory form public democracy new

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Referendumis aclass of referendum required to be voted on if certain conditions are met or for certain government actions to be taken0.90text
Referendumis aclass of referendums that are put to the vote as a result of a demand0.90text
Referendumis adirect and universal vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a mining proposal0.90text
Referendumis atype of referendum in which the residents of a territory decide whether the territory should become an independent sovereign state0.90text
Propositum quod referendum est populoinstance ofand must be contained within a context attached to a noun0.80text
an entire legislatureinstance ofor more general0.80text
changes in voting systemsinstance ofcovering issues0.80text
where currently elected officials may not have the legitimacy or inclination to implement such changesinstance ofcovering issues0.80text
the Internetinstance ofE-referendum employs information and communication technology0.80text
falsifing the turn-out rateinstance ofare effectively also voting against the referendum.The participation quorum requirement encourages a host of controversial election practices0.80text
voter suppressioninstance ofare effectively also voting against the referendum.The participation quorum requirement encourages a host of controversial election practices0.80text
manipulating the date of the referendum to reduce turnoutinstance ofare effectively also voting against the referendum.The participation quorum requirement encourages a host of controversial election practices0.80text

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