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Direct Democracy

Slovenia Slovenia

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Direct Democracy Provisions (National Level)
Question:Are there any Legal Provisions for Direct Democracy Procedures at the national level?
Answer: a. Yes
Comments:
Source: Constitution, art. 90 https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Slovenia_2013?lang=en
Verified: 2017/03/30
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Mandatory referendums (national level)
Question:Are there any Legal Provisions for Mandatory Referendums at the national level?
Answer: a. Yes
Comments: Article 170: The National Assembly must submit a proposed constitutional amendment to voters for adoption in a referendum, if so required by at least thirty deputies.
Source: Constitution, Article 170 The National Assembly must submit a proposed constitutional amendment to voters for adoption in a referendum, if so required by at least thirty deputies.
Verified: 2017/03/30
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Optional referendums (national level)
Question:Are there any Legal Provisions for Optional Referendums at the national level?
Answer: a. Yes
Comments:
Source: Constitution Article 90 https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Slovenia_2013?lang=en
Verified: 2017/03/30
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Citizens' Initiatives (national level)
Question:Are there any Legal Provisions for Citizen’s Initiatives at national level?
Answer: a. Yes
Comments:
Source: Constitution Article 90 https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Slovenia_2013?lang=en
Verified: 2017/03/30
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Agenda Initiatives (national level)
Question:Are there any Legal Provisions for Agenda Initiatives at national level?
Answer: a. Yes
Comments:
Source: Constitution Article 90 https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Slovenia_2013?lang=en
Verified: 2017/03/30
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Question:Are there any Legal Provisions for Recalls at national level?
Answer: b. No
Comments:
Source: Constitution https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Slovenia_2013?lang=en
Verified: 2017/03/30
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Question:Are the results of referenda always binding, never binding or sometimes binding?
Answer: a. Always binding
Comments:
Source: Constitution Article 90, 170 https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Slovenia_2013?lang=en
Verified: 2017/03/30
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Question:Are the types of issues to vote upon in a referendum constitutional changes only, other issues only or both constitutional and other issues?
Answer: c. Both constitutional and other issues
Comments: The National Assembly shall call a referendum on the entry into force of a law that it has adopted if so required by at least forty thousand voters. A referendum may not be called: -on laws on urgent measures to ensure the defense of the state, security, or the elimination of the consequences of natural disasters; -on laws on taxes, customs duties, and other compulsory charges, and on the law adopted for the implementation of the state budget; -on laws on the ratification of treaties; -on laws eliminating an unconstitutionality in the field of human rights and fundamental freedoms or any other unconstitutionality.
Source: Constitution Article 90 https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Slovenia_2013?lang=en
Verified: 2017/03/30
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Question:Are there any Legal Provisions for Direct Democracy at sub-national levels (regional or local)?
Answer: a. Yes
Comments:
Source: Direct Democracy: The International IDEA Handbook (2008) http://www.idea.int/publications/direct_democracy/index.cfm
Verified: 2017/03/30
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