Talk:Ballot measure

Redirect?
Ballot measure should direct to Initiative rather than Referendum. The intro on the Initiative page explains why; Referenda are specifically measures that are referred to voters by the legislature. -Pete 21:35, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Oops. Above comment was in error. Here's a better explanation.

There are 3 types of ballot measures/propositions:
 * initiatives, which are put on the ballot by popular petition;
 * referenda, which repeal an act of the legislature; and
 * legislative referrals, which the legislature votes to place on the ballot.

So this page should not be a redirect to any of the types, but should link to all three. -Pete 01:50, 30 April 2007 (UTC)


 * ...or to direct democracy. The trouble with redirecting there though, is that it eliminates a simple, concise explanation of easily confused concepts and buries it with details.  There's a place for both, and I think there's merit in keeping this article as some form of disambiguation or broad-concept article. Perhaps it shouldn't grow beyond a stub, if the details are all in direct democracy. – Wbm1058 (talk) 03:59, 3 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Initiative and referendum was a similar disambiguation, before it was redirected (Initiative and referendum) to direct democracy. Wbm1058 (talk) 04:10, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

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