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 .

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initiative

Noun

  1. A beginning; a first move.
  2. A new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem.
  3. The ability to act first or on one's own.
  4. An issue to be voted on, brought to the ballot by a sufficient number of signatures from among the voting public.

Adjective

  1. Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.
  2. In which voter initiatives can be brought to the ballot.


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