indirect initiative

American  

noun

1. a procedure in which a statute or amendment proposed by popular petition must receive legislative consideration before being submitted to the voters.

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Example Sentences

When, after passing the petition stage, the measure goes to the legislature and does not come before the people at the polls unless the legislature fails to accept it, the device is known as the Indirect Initiative.

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Distinguish between the Direct and the Indirect Initiative.

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