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Referendums and Recall Elections

Direct votes by citizens on a law, a constitutional question or the removal of an official, namely the referendum and the recall election. A mechanism belongs here when its cited article describes a vote held directly by the electorate. The group sits under the Direct Democracy and Citizen Participation subcategory of the Political Atlas and helps a reader browse that subcategory by the kind of rule each mechanism sets. Each member is placed on the strength of the article it cites, so a reader can follow the grouping back to a stated source.

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Referendum (Wikipedia)
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A referendum, plebiscite, or ballot measure is a direct vote by the electorate (rather than their representatives) on a proposal, law, or political issue.
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Recall Election (Wikipedia)
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A recall election (also called a recall referendum, recall petition or representative recall) is a procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office through a referendum before that official's term of office has ended.
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