Indirect initiative

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Indirect initiative refers to a process where after sufficient signatures to place a measure on the ballot are collected, the measure is first considered by a state legislature. If the legislature elects not to pass the proposed new law within a prescribed window of opportunity, the initiative is only then placed on the state's ballot.

Indirect initiatives comes in two forms, the indirect initiative amendment and the indirect initiative statute.

Types of ballot measures

Automatic ballot referral Bond issue Commission-referred constitutional amendment Constitutional convention

Initiated state statute Indirect initiated state statute Indirect initiative Indirect initiative amendment

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See also

• Forms of direct democracy in the American states

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