Peru
Latest available data
General
Referendum
Initiative
Recall
Signature collection
| Question | Value |
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Legal provisions for mandatory referendums at national level |
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Legal provisions for optional referendums at national level |
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Legal provisions for citizens' initiatives at national level |
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Legal provisions for agenda initiatives at national level |
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Legal provisions for recall at national level |
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Legal provisions for direct democracy at the regional level |
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Legal provisions for direct democracy at the local level |
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Legal basis for direct democracy at the national level |
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Legal basis for administrative requirements at the national level |
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Who administers direct democracy mechanisms at the national level? |
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First referendum/initiative held |
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Has there been a national referendum since 1980? |
| Question | Value |
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Issues in relation to which referendums are mandatory at the national level |
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Issues in relation to which referendums are optional at the national level |
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Issues excluded from being the subject of referendums at the national level |
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Issues of sub-national referendums regulated at the national level |
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Who can initiate an optional referendum at the national level? |
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Who drafts the referendum question? |
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Who decides on the final form of the ballot text? |
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Quorum requirements for a referendum to be valid |
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Requirements for a referendum to pass |
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Are referendum results binding? |
| Question | Value |
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Issues that can be proposed by citizens using the initiative process at the national level |
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Issues excluded from being the subject of an initiative at the national level |
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Who may propose the registration of an initiative? |
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Materials to accompany an application for registration |
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Who determines the title of an initiative? |
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What disqualifies a proposed title of an initiative? |
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Who is responsible for checking the legality of initiatives? |
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At which stage legality check is conducted? |
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Who decides the final ballot text when the initiative is put to a vote? |
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When does voting take place once an initiative is qualified for ballot? |
| Question | Value |
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Which individuals/positions may be subject to the recall? |
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What are the grounds for recall? |
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What restrictions are there in relation to the time period in which an individual or position can be recalled? |
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When is the recall put to the vote? |
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When does the election to replace an individual who has been recalled take place? |
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Can an individual who is the subject of a recall stand on the ballot for his/her own replacement? |
| Question | Value |
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How many signatures are required to start the formal decision making stage of a direct democracy mechanism? |
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What is the deadline for collecting required number of signatures? |
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Restrictions in relation to the individuals who can sign the proposal |
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Where can proposals be signed? |
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What information must signatories provide when signing the proposal? |
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Restrictions in relation to signature collection |
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What forms of checks are undertaken to verify signatures? |
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Who checks the signatures? |
