Legislatively referred constitutional amendment

A legislatively referred constitutional amendment is a constitutional amendment that appears on a state's ballot as a ballot measure because the state legislature in that state voted to put it before the voters.

A legislatively referred constitutional amendment is a limited form of direct democracy with comparison to the initiated constitutional amendment. With the initiated constitutional amendment, voters are in charge of the process from beginning to end, whereas with the legislatively referred amendment, they can only approve or reject amendments which their legislature votes to place before them.

Other types of ballot measures

Automatic ballot referral Bond issue Commission-referred constitutional amendment Constitutional convention

Initiated state statute Indirect initiated state statute Initiated constitutional amendment Indirect initiative amendment

Legislative referral Legislatively referred state statute Popular referendum

See also

• Direct democracy
• Initiative
• Referendum

External links

• State chart of direct democracy options