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A process of a participatory democracy that empowers the people to propose legislation and to enact or reject the laws at the polls independent of the lawmaking power of the governing body. The purpose of an initiative, which is a type of election commenced and carried out by the people, is to permit the electorate to resolve questions where their elected representatives fail to do so or refuse to proceed with a change that the public desires. See also: initial, original, overture, preparatory, rudimentary INITIATIVE, French law. The name given to the important prerogative given by the charte constitutionelle, art. 16, to the late king to propose through his ministers projects of laws. 1 Toull. n. 39. See Veto. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In the case of homosexual "marriage," this strategy was used to derail a citizen initiative that was begun to head off an expected court decision on same-sex unions in that state. Twenty-four states allow citizen initiatives on their ballots, and efforts are underway in Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts and Ohio to adopt redistricting commissions. That leaves a citizen initiative as the most likely path, although a costly one: it would take at least $2 million to qualify it for the ballot and millions of dollars more to run the campaign against expected fierce Democrat opposition. |
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