Laws governing direct democracy in Iowa

Iowa citizens have statewide access to just one of the six common forms of direct democracy--they can ratify or reject constitutional amendments placed on the ballot by the Texas State Legislature. Fifteen states besides Iowa afford their citizens just this form of direct democracy on a statewide level; those states are Alabama, Connecticut, Hawaii, Indiana, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia.

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