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  2. Initiatives and referendums in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In many U.S. states, ballot measures may originate by several different processes: [4] Overall, 26 US states have initiative and/or veto referendum processes at the statewide level [5], and all states have at least one form of legislatively referred processes: 49 states have at least a legislatively referred process to amend their constitutions ...

  3. List of state partition proposals in the United States

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    1855 J. H. Colton Company map of Virginia that predates the West Virginia partition by seven years.. Numerous state partition proposals have been put forward since the 1776 establishment of the United States that would partition an existing U.S. state or states so that a particular region might either join another state or create a new state.

  4. 2024 United States ballot measures - Wikipedia

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    Voter referendum: An initiative to remove the MCAS test as requirement to graduate high school. [129] Voter referendum: An initiative to raise the minimum wage for tipped workers. [130] Voter referendum: An initiative to authorize the state auditor to audit the state legislature, and remove some existing regulations regarding the auditing ...

  5. Direct democracy in Oregon - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. state of Oregon is one of the many states in the United States that has direct democracy in the form of initiatives and referendums. Oregon residents introduced this system in 1902 with a ballot measure. Nationwide, referendums and initiatives became known as the "Oregon System" of direct government. [1]

  6. History of direct democracy in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The history of direct democracy amongst non-Native Americans in the United States dates from the 1630s in the New England Colonies. [1] The legislatures of the New England colonies were initially governed as popular assemblies, with every freeman eligible to directly vote in the election of officers and drafting of laws. Within a couple of ...

  7. Direct democracy in Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    The progressive movement started discussions about adopting direct democracy across the United States, and Massachusetts developed a local branch. The state branch of the Populist Party adopted the statewide initiative and referendum in its 1895 platform.

  8. List of Alaska ballot measures - Wikipedia

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    Alaska was purchased by the United States in 1867, however, it did not become an incorporated territory of the United States until 1912. [2] The Constitution of Alaska, itself ratified by a vote of the people in 1956, outlined specific guidelines for ballot measures in Article XI, stating that "the people may propose and enact laws by the initiative, and approve or reject acts of the ...

  9. Popular referendum - Wikipedia

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    A popular referendum, depending on jurisdiction also known as a citizens' veto, people's veto, veto referendum, citizen referendum, abrogative referendum, rejective referendum, suspensive referendum, and statute referendum, [1] [2] [3] is a type of a referendum that provides a means by which a petition signed by a certain minimum number of registered voters can force a public vote on an ...