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total countries/territories: 78
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Answers |
Comments |
Verified |
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Albania
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f. Not applicable
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see D.1.1.
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2005/03/21
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Algeria
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f. Not applicable
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No signatures are required, normal ballots for referendums only
Source:
Articles 168, and 169 Electoral Law
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2005/04/29
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American Samoa
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f. Not applicable
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Source:
Filivaa M. Mageo, Deputy Director of Elections, Territorial Election Office
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2007/01/08
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Argentina
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f. Not applicable
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2021/12/26
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Austria
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f. Not applicable
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2005/04/27
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Bahrain
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f. Not applicable
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Source:
Constitution
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2005/05/01
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Belarus
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c. Requirement for signature collectors to be registered electors
e. Other (specify)
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Collection of electors' signatures shall be performed only by the members of the initiative group. A signature list must contain only the signatures of the electors who live in one residence area within the territory of the district in which the question has been initiated to recall a deputy.
The electors supporting the proposal to initiate the question of recalling a deputy shall indicate in the list of signatures his surname, name and patronymic name, the date of birth, the series and number of passport, or the requisites of the certificate of the person substituting it and the date of signing, and shall sign. Signatures shall be enumerated.
Responsibility for authenticity of the data, contained in the signature list shall be borne by the member of the initiative group who collected the signatures. Personal autograph signature of the member of the initiative group, who collected the signatures, shall be put to every signature list in the presence of the Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the town (town subordinated to Oblast or region), settlement or rural executive committee, the head or the deputy head of the town district administration in the territory of which the signatures were collected and in towns and urbanised settlements where no town or settlement executive committees are formed in the presence of the chairman or the deputy chairman of the district executive committee and certified immediately after that with the seal of this body.
An elector shall be entitled to put his signature only in one signature list and only for himself personally.
Source:
Art 136 Electoral Code
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2005/03/29
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Belgium
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f. Not applicable
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2012/05/04
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Benin
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f. Not applicable
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Source:
Mr Theodule Nouatchi enseignant de droit a l'universite au benin.
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2005/05/06
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Bolivia
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f. Not applicable
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Source:
Dr Salvador Romero Ballivian, Presidente, Corte Nacional Electoral
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2007/01/12
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Botswana
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f. Not applicable
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2006/11/30
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Bulgaria
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f. Not applicable
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2006/11/30
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Burkina Faso
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f. Not applicable
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2005/04/12
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Cambodia
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f. Not applicable
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2006/11/07
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Canada
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f. Not applicable
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2006/12/10
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Chile
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f. Not applicable
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2005/04/05
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Cook Islands
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f. Not applicable
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Source:
Teokoati Joseph, Chief Probation Officer, Probation Service – Ministry of Justice
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2007/01/08
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Côte d'Ivoire
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f. Not applicable
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Source:
DOGOU ALAIN, Rapporteur de la sous commission des operations electorales de la COMMISSION ELECTORALE INDEPENDANTE
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2005/04/07
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Denmark
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f. Not applicable
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2015/06/12
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Eritrea
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f. Not applicable
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Recalls are not provided for by law
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2005/08/26
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Estonia
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f. Not applicable
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2006/11/29
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France
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f. Not applicable
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Source:
Constitution, Art. 3, 11, 60, 88-5, 89;
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2012/05/03
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Gambia
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f. Not applicable
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2006/11/09
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Georgia
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f. Not applicable
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2024/07/24
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Iran, Islamic Republic of
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f. Not applicable
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2016/01/23
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Iraq
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f. Not applicable
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Source:
Jose Maria Aranaz, Legal Advisor, UN-EAD
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2007/01/03
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Ireland
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f. Not applicable
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2012/05/10
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Israel
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f. Not applicable
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2015/03/15
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Italy
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c. Requirement for signature collectors to be registered electors
e. Other (specify)
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The type and format of papers. Furthermore, the signatures must be delivered in 3 months.
Source:
Law of 25 May 1970, n. 352, Art. 27
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2012/04/17
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Jordan
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f. Not applicable
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2016/08/05
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Kazakhstan
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f. Not applicable
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2020/05/04
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Kenya
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c. Requirement for signature collectors to be registered electors
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the petiton should contain names of at least 30% of the total number of registered voters in the constituency/county and shall contain at least 15% of the voters in more than half the wards in the county/constituency.
Source:
The Elections Act of 2011 Article 46
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2012/03/15
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Latvia
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f. Not applicable
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2005/03/21
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Lebanon
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f. Not applicable
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2005/05/17
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Liberia
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a. Ban on paid signature collectors
b. Ban on payment per signature
d. Requirement for signature collectors to identify if they are paid or volunteers
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2005/09/30
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Liechtenstein
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f. Not applicable
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No restrictions.
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2005/05/12
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Lithuania
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f. Not applicable
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2005/03/23
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Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of
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f. Not applicable
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Article 7
Referendum may not be announced for issues related to the Budget of the Republic and the final closing account of the Budget, for public fees, for the reserves of the Republic, for the issues related to elections, appointments and dismissals and for amnesty.
Source:
Law on Referendum and civil initiative, Official Gazette of RM no. 24/98, art. 7
https://www.legislationline.org/documents/id/5640
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2020/04/22
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Madagascar
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f. Not applicable
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Source:
http://www.humanrights.uio.no/forskning/publ/nr/2003/04/nordem_report-The-4.html
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2005/08/25
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Malaysia
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f. Not applicable
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2007/01/07
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Mali
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f. Not applicable
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Source:
Article 36 de la constitution
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2005/06/05
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Moldova, Republic of
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f. Not applicable
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Source:
kare Vollan, Director, Quality AS
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2021/03/30
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Montenegro
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f. Not applicable
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2021/12/25
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Morocco
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f. Not applicable
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No signatures are required, normal ballots for referendums only
Source:
Articles 38, 39, 121 and 122 Electoral Law
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2005/05/02
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Netherlands
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f. Not applicable
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2005/09/06
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New Zealand
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f. Not applicable
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2010/08/05
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Niger
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f. Not applicable
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Source:
Articles 45, 88, 89 de la constitution
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2005/06/07
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Norway
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f. Not applicable
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Source:
kare Vollan, Director, Quality AS
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2007/01/07
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Peru
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f. Not applicable
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2005/08/25
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Poland
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f. Not applicable
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Source:
Mr Henryk Bielski, Specialist in the National Electoral Office
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2005/11/13
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Portugal
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f. Not applicable
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Source:
Direct Democracy: The International IDEA Handbook (2008) http://www.idea.int/publications/direct_democracy/index.cfm
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2012/04/20
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Romania
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f. Not applicable
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2005/03/20
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Russian Federation
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f. Not applicable
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2005/03/30
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
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f. Not applicable
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Not applicable.
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2020/04/20
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Senegal
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f. Not applicable
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Source:
Articles 39, 40, 49, 52, 86 de la constitution
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2005/06/06
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Seychelles
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f. Not applicable
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Recalls are not provided for by law
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2005/08/30
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Sierra Leone
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f. Not applicable
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NOT PART OF SIERRA LEONE LAWS
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2005/06/09
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Singapore
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f. Not applicable
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2007/01/07
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Slovakia
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f. Not applicable
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2005/04/01
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Solomon Islands
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f. Not applicable
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Source:
David Clark, Electoral Capacity Development Coordinator, Solomon Islands Election Commission
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2007/01/09
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Somalia
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f. Not applicable
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Recalls are not provided for in law
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2005/08/26
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Spain
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f. Not applicable
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2012/04/18
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Sri Lanka
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f. Not applicable
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2016/02/15
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Sudan
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f. Not applicable
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Source:
Article 66, Constitution
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2005/05/03
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Sweden
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f. Not applicable
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2012/05/16
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Switzerland
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f. Not applicable
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2012/05/14
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Thailand
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f. Not applicable
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Source:
Mr. Somchai Thepareenun, Election Officer, Office of the Election Commission of Thailand
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2007/01/12
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Togo
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f. Not applicable
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Source:
Mr Theodule Nouatchi enseignant de droit a l'universite au benin.
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2005/05/13
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Tonga
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f. Not applicable
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2021/09/15
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Turkey
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f. Not applicable
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Source:
IDEA Global Database on Elections and Democracy, Turkey: http://www.idea.int/db/countryview.cfm?id=223
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2016/01/21
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Uganda
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c. Requirement for signature collectors to be registered electors
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Source:
http://www.africaaction.org/docs00/ugan0004.htm
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2005/08/24
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Ukraine
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c. Requirement for signature collectors to be registered electors
e. Other (specify)
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the initiative group must be registered, too.
cf. art. 17 and 18.
The day the initiative group has received the certificate of registration, it has the right to organize and unrestrictedly collect the signatures on forms for citizens signatures demanding the conduct of the referendum (petition forms).
Source:
art. 17-8. of law on referenda
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2005/03/17
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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f. Not applicable
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2012/05/09
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Vanuatu
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f. Not applicable
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Source:
Electoral Commission of Vanuatu
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2016/01/27
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Viet Nam
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f. Not applicable
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2021/03/25
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Western Sahara
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f. Not applicable
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Source:
Articles 42, 118, 156 and 158, Constitution
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2009/08/14
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Yemen
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f. Not applicable
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Source:
Articles 42, 118, 156 and 158, Constitution
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2005/05/03
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Zimbabwe
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f. Not applicable
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2018/10/31
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