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A petition signed by a certain percentage of the voters in the previous election.

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How do you begin an initiative?

A set number of registered voters sign a petition to put a initiative on the ballot. It then goes to the state election office and they validate the voter petitions. If it passes the correct number of signed registered voters it goes to be written properly for the ballot and written for the ballot. The economic affect of the initiative is also studied and placed with the initiative in the ballot.


What is an initiative of legislation?

A set number of registered voters sign a petition to put a initiative on the ballot. It then goes to the state election office and they validate the voter petitions. If it passes the correct number of signed registered voters it goes to be written properly for the ballot and written for the ballot. The economic affect of the initiative is also studied and placed with the initiative in the ballot.


What is the next step after the initiative?

A set number of registered voters sign a petition to put a initiative on the ballot. It then goes to the state election office and they validate the voter petitions. If it passes the correct number of signed registered voters it goes to be written properly for the ballot and written for the ballot. The economic affect of the initiative is also studied and placed with the initiative in the ballot.


What is a voters initiative?

A set number of registered voters sign a petition to put a initiative on the ballot. It then goes to the state election office and they validate the voter petitions. If it passes the correct number of signed registered voters it goes to be written properly for the ballot and written for the ballot. The economic affect of the initiative is also studied and placed with the initiative in the ballot.


Which political reform gave people the power to put a proposed law on a the ballot?

initiative


An example of a local initiative is?

a county ballot initiative to limit development in backcountry.


What does an initiative accomplish?

Allows people to put new laws on the ballot for a vote. Frankly I feel some of the things that get put on the California ballot are discriminatory or not well thought out. I vote against most of them.


Has a ballot measure concerning same-sex marriage been put before voters in Washington DC?

No. No ballot initiative concerning same-sex marriage has ever been put before residents of the District of Columbia.


How do you get a proposition on the ballot nationally?

There is no way to have a ballot proposition for the entire United States. Some states, such as California, permit "initiative and referendum" which allow citizens to write their own ballot propositions, but not all states do. The government of the Unites States is a "representative republic", not a democracy. Citizens do not vote directly on the issues; citizens elect representatives to act in our names. The Federal government has no provision to allow citizens to vote directly on government policies.


What is the initiative method?

A set number of registered voters sign a petition to put a initiative on the ballot. It then goes to the state election office and they validate the voter petitions. If it passes the correct number of signed registered voters it goes to be written properly for the ballot and written for the ballot. The economic affect of the initiative is also studied and placed with the initiative in the ballot.


When was Ballot Result created?

Ballot Result was created in 1980-09.


What is the name for a ballot question that asks if the constitutions should be changed?

The ballot would be a referendum or initiative, and the change would be an amendment.