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In 2021, in Boulder, Colorado, the first official online petition system was used to get an initiative on the ballot, with no circulators involved at petitions.bouldercolorado.gov. The voters of the city of Boulder approved a charter amendment allowing online petitioning by a vote of 71% to 29% in 2018. [3]
A popular initiative (also citizens' initiative) is a form of direct democracy by which a petition meeting certain hurdles can force a legal procedure on a proposition. In direct initiative , the proposition is put directly to a plebiscite or referendum , also called a popular initiated referendum or citizen-initiated referendum .
The right to petition includes under its umbrella the legal right to sue the government. [15] Civil litigation between two private individuals or entities is considered to be a right to a peititon, since they are asking the government's court system to remedy their problems. [15]
Other groups are opposing changes to the initiative petition process. Marilyn McLeod of the League of Women Voters says that the group opposes any attempt to make it harder to get a measure on the ...
A small number are adopted — but each initiative petition serves as a reflection of the politics at a particular moment in time. Records show that since statehood, Oklahomans have cast ballots ...
Former Attorney General and Idaho Supreme Court Justice Jim Jones explains why the Open Primaries Initiative sued AG Raul Labrador. | Opinion
Laws already adopted by the state legislature may be vetoed by means of a referendum. This is also known as a "petition referendum" or "people's veto". The process is similar to an initiative as noted above, except that it is an already passed law submitted as a petition to the Attorney General.
An amendment can be proposed either by the governing body of the city, typically called the city council, or by an initiative petition signed by a certain number of registered voters. A revision of a city charter is a more comprehensive process which replaces the existing charter with a new one.