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3-5 sentences please! Should the United States make major policy decisions by referendum? explain why/why not using an example or two from current events.

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Yes, they should, cause the referendum allows citizens, through the petition process, to refer acts of the Legislature to the ballot before they become law. In meaning it will allow a general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision. 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. It is a form of direct democracy so it will help the USA.

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