The extra items in the US are virtually always at the state and local level, where quite often state constitutions or local laws require certain items, such as

The extra items in the US are virtually always at the state and local level, where quite often state constitutions or local laws require certain items, such as bond issues to fund development, to be voted on directly. I personally don't have a problem with this, but then I think the powers of governments in general, at all levels, should be much more limited than they currently are.