Uruguay, national Popular or citizen-initiated referendum [PCR] - Interponer el recurso de referéndum contra las leyes
General Typology
- Instrument
- Popular or citizen-initiated referendum [PCR]
- Location
- Uruguay
- Political level
- national
- Local Name:
- Interponer el recurso de referéndum contra las leyes
- Normative Level:
- constitutional
- Legally Binding:
- yes
- Legally Defined:
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Article 79. (..) Twenty-five percent of the total of qualified electorate, will be able to interpose, within the year of the promulgation, with the help of referendum against the laws and to exert the initiative right before the Legislative Power.These institutes are not applicable with respect to the laws that establish tributes. They do not fit either in cases where the initiative is one of the Executive authority.(..)
Reference: Constitution of Uruguay, 1967, with the amendments of 2004
- Subject Matter:
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To repeal a law
Actors
- Author:
- Authority
- Initiator:
- Citizens
- Decision maker:
- The whole electorate
Requirements
- Number Of Signatures:
- 25% of the electorate
- Available Time:
- No information found in legal source
- Turnout Quorum:
- None
- Approval Quorum:
- Legal source does not mention special approval quorum
- Geographical Quorum:
- Legal source does not mention geographical quorum
- Excluded Issues:
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Not applicable with respect to the laws that establish tributes. They do not fit either in cases where the initiative is one of the Executive authority
- Other Formal Requirements:
Procedural Elements
- Collection Mode:
- unknown
- Specify Collection Mode:
- Wording Of Ballot Question:
- Interaction With Authorities:
- Supervision And Support:
- Transparency And Finance:
Practice
- Archive:
- Remarks:
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Voting is mandatory!