Study Island: Citizens vote directly on a proposed law.
The entire electorate, or rather, those of the electorate who choose to exercise their right to vote.
The plural form of referendum is "referendums" or "referenda."
They wanted initiatives and referendums because government should be more responsive to public opinion.
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The plural of "referendum" is "referendums" or "referenda." Both forms are commonly accepted.
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Referendums are normally questions that are placed to the entire electorate to vote on. They are carried out when constitutional issues are contested or too weighty for representatives to handle on their own.
The plural of refendum is referenda or referendums.
Either referendums or referenda is acceptable.
The majority rule in Russia is that decisions are made by a simple majority vote, where the option with the most votes wins. This applies to elections, referendums, and decision-making processes in various institutions. The principle of majority rule is a key aspect of democracy in Russia.
They are held because Australia is a democracy, and public opinion should decide yes or no on a given issue. In Western Australia we have had a long and tiresome debate (and 2 referendums) about daylight saving. In both referendums the public said no, but it went ahead anyway. We are about to have a third referendum on daylight saving. I don't understand why they are holding referendums that cost the public millions, when it seems to be already decided that the public's opinion will be ignored.