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Yes, a ballot question can be a referendum or an initiative. Basically, at least in MA, if you as a citizen want a law passed or repealed and you don't think t
by technothrasher 6y ago
Yes, a ballot question can be a referendum or an initiative. Basically, at least in MA, if you as a citizen want a law passed or repealed and you don't think the legislature will take it up, you can collect signatures of people who agree with you. If you get enough, it will be added to the next state election as a question for the voters to yea or nay.
In other words, it's a direct democracy end run around the usual representative democracy system.
- Vinnl 6y agoAh cool, that makes sense - I think that's called a citizen's initiative in the Netherlands and in the EU, where it has only existed for 14 and 13 years, respectively. Indeed a great addition to representative democracy.