The initiative is the product of the populist movement, which in the
late nineteenth century sought to increase voter control of what were
viewed as unrepresentative state and local governments. Today,
twenty-four states allow registered voters to place proposed state
laws on the referendum ballot, and eighteen states authorize voters to
place proposed state constitutional amendments on the referendum
ballot by collecting a specified number of valid voter signatures.
Numerous local governments have a charter provision or a state law
provision allowing voters to employ the popular lawmaking device. In
The Initiative, Second Edition, Joseph F. Zimmerman traces the origin
and spread of the initiative in the United States. The initiative has
been a controversial device since first being introduced in South
Dakota in 1898, with arguments both in support and in opposition.
Zimmerman examines and evaluates both the legal foundation of the
initiative, and the arguments against its use. He then concludes with
a chapter that develops model constitutional, statutory, and local
government charter provisions to assist jurisdictions and their voters
contemplating adoption of the initiative or amendment of already
existing constitutional, statutory, and charter initiative provisions.
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ISBN
9781438453392
Publisert
2020
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Suny Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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