Representative Democratic Model-Electable Office Part Forty-Four Dividing the Role Of Legislator-(Referendums) Session Eight

Representative Democratic Model-Electable Office Part Forty-Four

Dividing the Role Of Legislator-(Referendums) Session Eight

A locality referendum proposer should not be allowed to propose more than two referendums in a year's time. They should be required to propose at least one.

However, any proposal on their part has to be earlier signed by registered voters of that locality who comprise of two percent of its population, rounded up the nearest thousand. In other words, assuming a locality has a population of 15,000, then a proposed referendum would have to be signed by a 1000 registered voters. If a locality has a population of 150,000, then a proposed referendum would have to be signed by 3000 registered voters. If a locality has a population of 1,560,000, then a proposed referendum would have to be signed by 32,000 registered voters.

Obviously smaller localities will find it more difficult to pass referendums than larger localities. The reason for this is smaller localities are more homogeneous and are generally less diverse. A referendum passed in a smaller locality therefore would have greater impact than a larger region because it would be more polarized.

Cliff Notes Version: Locality referendum proposers should propose one to two referendums per year.

All proposals for referendums have to first be signed by 2% of the locality's population who are also registered voters.

The collection of signatures for approval of referendums at election time is essential.

It is harder to propose referendums in smaller localities because its level of impact is higher.