Government by the People - Initiative and Referendum |
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Consider the thoughts of several of our founding fathers.
Some people are working to establish citizen ballot initiative. 1. What is a citizen ballot initiative?
2. Does your state or commonwealth allow citizen ballot initiatives? If your state permits citizen ballot initiatives, what is the process?
3. What percentage of the states currently provide for citizen ballot initiatives?
4. Which recent citizen ballot initiative would you have supported and why?
5. Do you support permitting citizen ballot initiatives and why?
6. Describe several ways that students like yourself can work positively to support passage of a citizen ballot initiative.
7. Conduct a class poll: Should a National ballot initiative be enacted?
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