Sharon Hatcher October 9‚ 2012 POS301-Arizona and Federal Government Professor Halperin Part I: Arizona Statehood Upon the ending of the Mexican American War (1846-1848)‚ Arizona began the journey to statehood. Arizona began applying for statehood in 1872. Arizona drafted a constitution in 1891. The Congress continually ignored the request for statehood by Arizona because of because of the lack of residents‚ unpromising economic prospects‚ they are conservative democrats and demographics
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6735 August 4‚ 1989 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A SYSTEM OF INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:: I. — General Provisions Section 1. Title. — This Act shall be known as "The Initiative and Referendum Act." Section 2. Statement of Policy. — The power of the people under a system of initiative and referendum to directly propose‚ enact‚ approve or reject‚ in whole or in part‚ the
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comes in various different forms. One form is when power is in the hands of the population as a whole and political decisions are made themselves‚ this is known as direct democracy. An example of a direct democracy currently present in the UK is a referendum. Another form is representative democracy; in this case citizens will vote for representatives to create decisions for them and the responsibility is handed over to the representative to make decisions for the country. The representatives are also
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G.R. No. 127325 March 19‚ 1997 MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO‚ ALEXANDER PADILLA‚ and MARIA ISABEL ONGPIN‚ petitioners‚ vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS‚ JESUS DELFIN‚ ALBERTO PEDROSA & CARMEN PEDROSA‚ in their capacities as founding members of the People’s Initiative for Reforms‚ Modernization and Action (PIRMA)‚ respondents. SENATOR RAUL S. ROCO‚ DEMOKRASYA-IPAGTANGGOL ANG KONSTITUSYON (DIK)‚ MOVEMENT OF ATTORNEYS FOR BROTHERHOOD INTEGRITY AND NATIONALISM‚ INC. (MABINI)‚ INTEGRATED BAR OF THE PHILIPPINES
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without a referendum. You’ll need a petition with 100‚000 signatures. We’d better start on it at once.’ And we did. Jessie’s role in our movement was absolutely vital. And she never wanted honour and glory. She’d give ideas away and the credit along with them.” - Faith Bandler‚ campaigner for the rights of Aboriginal Torres Strait islander and South Pacific Islander peoples and National living Treasure talking about the prevail role played by Jessie Street in the campaign for the 1967 referendum which
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ATS1259 The 1967 Referendum The 1967 referendum was the repeal of section 127 and section 51 in the Commonwealth Constitution. With the repeal of these two sections the “Federal Government were allowed to make laws for Aborigines and Aborigines were now counted in the national census”(About the 1967 Referendum). The 1967 referendum can be commonly considered the turning point in Australian history and culture for finally addressing discrimination towards the Indigenous people and taking responsibility
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The Homeless Billionaire Nicholas Berggruen is a businessman who chooses to live simple life‚ and he started out with a trust fund of $250‚000.00. According to his privately held holding company’s annual revenue of $5 billion throws off $250 million in earning each year. He has a personal worth of $2.5 billion. Not too simple in my opinion. Nicholas Berggruen spends his life turning companies around‚ donating and offering help to worthy projects. He travels the world in his private jet
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o Create a system which makes the government directly responsible to the people o Decentralise the system of governance in such a way that people can influence the policies that affect their local area The Legislature: o To give two rights of REFERENDUM and INITIATIVE to the people of India. The Judiciary: o Implement long overdue judicial reforms in order to create a judicial system easily accessible and affordable for all Indians • Right to Reject in elections • Right to Recall before term
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now lives within an area about 200 miles long and roughly 60 miles wide‚ stretching from Quebec City to Montreal. About four-fifths of all people in Quebec live in towns‚ a very small number are classified as rural farmers‚ and the balance of the population is scattered in small settlements focused on forestry‚ fishing‚ mining‚ and other types of activity. The historical movement of the population in Quebec has been from large numbers of scattered‚ diverse settlements to an increasing concentration
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be achieved through referendums. One argument for the greater use of direct democracy is that is can increase legitimacy as the government is getting direct consent from the people through such methods such as referendums. Another reason is that if the government is spit on an issue it can hold a referendum for the people to choose‚ so the people have a direct influence on government and such examples of this include the AV referendum‚ and the 1975 EU membership referendum. Direct democracy
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