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Referendum

Referendum: Process whereby a state law or constitutional amendment may be referred to the voters before it goes into effect.

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Process whereby a state law or constitutional amendment may be referred to the voters before it goes into effect.

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Definition 2

Contest between tow (or more) choices in response to a question (e.g., bond issue, recall, retention of a judge in office, proposed amendment).

Source: NISTType: standard
Definition 3

The “power of the voters to initiate action to repeal existing statutes or parts of statutes, except statutes calling for elections or appropriations for usual current expenses.” 3 Guam Code Ann. 17102(b). The “process whereby a state law or constitutional amendment may be referred to

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Glossary of Election Terms, U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC)
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Glossary for Voting Systems, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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EAC Glossary of Terms
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EAC Glossary of Election Terms
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Electronic Voting Glossary
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