Definition

The principle or practice of submitting to direct popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative.

Example

Questions

1. What is a referendum?

2. Who votes on a referendum?

3. How is a referendum different from a vote in the legislature?

4. What kind of issues are often put to the public in a referendum

5. A Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry that has three lines. It has five syllables in the first and third lines. It has seven syllables in the second line. Its lines don't rhyme. Write a Haiku about referendum that you can share with older family members.

6. Have you ever voted in a referendum?

7. What is the connection between direct democracy and referendum.

8. Members of he band Khruangbin -which is Thai for airplane - now live in three states: Texas, California, and New York. Would it be possible for all three of them to vote in different referendums?

Remember!

Now, let’s commit this term to our long-term memory. On a scrap piece of paper, take 10 or 20 seconds to draw referendum. Draw with symbols or stick figures if you wish. Nothing fancy. Don’t expect a masterpiece. No one else will see this but you. Look at your drawing. That’s all - now it’s downloaded into your memory. Destroy the piece of paper in a most delightful way.

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