INITIATIVE
Initiative
In political science, an initiative is a means by which a petition signed by a certain minimum number of registered voters can force a public vote .The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Initiative
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initiative
Noun
- A beginning; a first move.
- A new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem.
- The ability to act first or on one's own.
- An issue to be voted on, brought to the ballot by a sufficient number of signatures from among the voting public.
Adjective
- Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.
- In which voter initiatives can be brought to the ballot.
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