Popular consultation

Modern popular consultations

• Elections and ballots, governed by the Constitution and statutes that define the electoral system.
• Initiative or citizen's initiative decision.
• Petition decision, about a request to a government office.
• Plebiscite decision, about political controversy.
• recall or recall referendum decision, about removing an elected official.
• Referendum decision, about a specific proposal previously approved, regulated by the referendum's law.

Ancient popular consultations

• boule deliberations, made by the ancient Greek council of citizens.
• comitia deliberation, made by the Legislative assemblies of the Roman Republic.
• volksbefragung: the non-binding referendum of Germanic tradition.