General Typology
- Instrument
- Popular or citizen-initiated referendum [PCR]
- Location
- Venezuela
- Local Name
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Referendo abrogatorio
- Political Level
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national
- Normative Level
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constitutional
- Legally Binding?
- yes
- Legally Defined
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Article 74: Statutes whose abrogation are requested on the initiative of a number of voters constituting at least 10% of the voters registered in the civil and electoral registry, or by the President of the Republic taken at a meeting of the Cabinet, shall be submitted to a referendum for its abrogation in whole or in part. (..) It shall not be possible to submit budget laws to an abrogatory referendum, neither those establishing or modifying taxes, relating to public credit, to amnesty, the protection, guaranteeing and developing human rights, nor those which ratify international treaties. There shall not be more than one abrogatory referendum on the same matter during the same constitutional term.
Reference: Constitution of Venezuela, 1999, 2006 edition
- Subject Matter
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To repeal laws
Actors
- Author
- Authority
- Initiator
- Citizens
- Decision maker
- Electorate
Requirements
- Number Of Signatures
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10% of the electorate
- Available Time
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No information in legal source
- Turnout Quorum
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Legal source does not mention turnout quorum
- Approval Quorum
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Legal source does not mention special approval quorum
- Geographical Quorum
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Legal source does not mention geographical quorum
- Excluded Issues
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It shall not be possible to submit budget laws to an abrogatory referendum, neither those establishing or modifying taxes, relating to public credit, to amnesty, the protection, guaranteeing and developing human rights, nor those which ratify international treaties.There shall not be more than one abrogatory referendum on the same matter during the same constitutional term.
- Other Formal Requirements
Procedural Elements
- Collection Mode
- Specify Collection Mode
- Wording Of Ballot Question
- Interaction With Authorities
- Supervision And Support
- Transparency And Finance
Practice
- Use
- Archive
- Remarks