<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article uses citations without providing full publisher and source details . Please consider adding fuller citations so that the article remains verifiable and that the origin of sources becomes clearer . Several templates are available to assist in formatting . (February 2017) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article uses citations without providing full publisher and source details . Please consider adding fuller citations so that the article remains verifiable and that the origin of sources becomes clearer . Several templates are available to assist in formatting . (February 2017) </Td> </Tr> <P> Initiative, referendum, and recall are three powers reserved to enable the voters, by petition, to propose or repeal legislation or to remove an elected official from office . Proponents of an initiative, referendum, or recall effort must apply for an official petition serial number from the Town Clerk . </P> <P> In the politics of the United States, the process of initiatives and referendums allow citizens of many U.S. states to place new legislation on a popular ballot, or to place legislation that has recently been passed by a legislature on a ballot for a popular vote . Initiatives and referendums, along with recall elections and popular primary elections, are signature reforms of the Progressive Era; they are written into several state constitutions, particularly in the West . </P>

A proposed law or amendment placed on the ballot by citizen petition is called a(n)