Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Referendum in America, Vol. 4: A Discussion of Law-Making by Popular Vote
In the other cantons two kinds Of Referendum are distinguishable - the compulsory and the optional. The compulsory Referendum is one made Obligatory by the cantonal constitution, according to which laws cannot go into effect until ratified at the polls by the people. The Optional Referendum is one in which there is no element of obligation, the act of submission only taking place if the people desire it. Ifa certain number of signatures of voting citizens are not received within a specified time after the representative legislature approves a law, it goes into force without an expression of the popular will.
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