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by Scottythinks on June 6th, 2005

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How can I, a simple citizen, write a law and get it enacted?

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  • by Schlim on June 8th, 2005

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    You, a simple citizen, can write a law and get it enacted in many states through a referendum.

    First, you need to get a certain amount of signatures on a petition or pay a certain amount of money to get your law on the ballot (these amounts vary by state).

    Once your bill is on the ballot, if a majority of the state votes yes, then your proposal will become a law (assuming it doesn't violate the constitution).

    Scymitar72 gives a great description of how a legislative bill gets passed, but this would not be a law by a simple citizen. Legislators, committees, and the government almost always amend legislative bills and often add riders to get more legislators to vote on the bill. The end product is a law written by the government, even if the simple citizen wrote the first version of the bill.

    Referendum is the process for citizens to pass laws.

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    • That doesn't sound so hard, if you know a lot of people or are rich.

      Scottythinks

      by Scottythinks on June 8th, 2005

    • How do you get votes to get it on the ballot in the first place?

      Relsqui

      by Relsqui on June 8th, 2005

    • woops - you are absolutely correct!

      scymitar72

      by scymitar72 on June 8th, 2005

    • Well, everyone let's get together and start a referendum! WHEW! This will be fun!

      Answers101

      by Answers101 on March 31st, 2006

    • a correct answer encouraging the empowerment of the citizens

      ankit tuli

      by ankit tuli on April 12th, 2006

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