Section 12.19. There will be provision for Regional citizen referendums, whereby a petition signed by one fifth or more registered voters calling for a popular vote on an issue of concern to the people within the Region is first referred to the Regional Council and then put to a popular vote if the issue of concern has not been responded to by the Regional Council.
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Section 12.19. Section 12.19. There will be provision for Regional citizen referendums, whereby a petition signed by one fifth or more registered voters calling for a popular vote on an issue of concern to the people within the Region is first referred to the Regional Council and then put to a popular vote if the issue of concern has not been responded to by the Regional Council.
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Section 12.19. Section 12.19. There will be provision for Regional citizen referendums, whereby a petition signed by one fifth or more registered voters calling for a popular vote on an issue of concern to the people within the Region is first referred to the Regional Council and then put to a popular vote if the issue of concern has not been responded to by the Regional Council.