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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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Another friend and CWL member recently remarked that she wishes the League would do more to build up and strengthen marriage and family life, rather than pursue more popular initiatives, like supporting cancer research, nuclear disarmament and lobbying to have food dyes removed from candy (arguably all good causes, but there are already others fighting these fights). Clinton condemned ``political battles'' in the form of the popular initiatives to address issues such as bilingual education and immigration-related problems. Gartner also includes highly popular initiatives at the Data Center Conference, such as interactive audience polling, analyst one-on-ones and analyst/user roundtables. |
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