!!!Volksbegehren

Volksbegehren (Popular Initiative), right of citizens to initiate 
legislation on both the provincial and federal levels. In federal 
legislation, the popular initiative has to be supported by 100,000 
persons entitled to vote or by one sixth of persons eligible to vote 
in 3 provinces each. A popular initiative can be launched either by a 
minimum of 10,000 persons listed in the electoral register whose 
principal residence is in Austria or by at least 8 members of the 
Nationalrat or at least 4 members of the Landtag of 3 provinces each. 
The result of a popular initiative can be challenged before the  
Constitutional Court. A popular initiative that has neither been 
challenged nor repealed has to be submitted by the chief election 
authority to the Nationalrat and be dealt with in accordance with the 
Rules of Procedure. Popular initiatives have been gaining importance 
lately as a political instrument.


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