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19 Jan 2022, 4:18 am

I bet my friend $20 that no country uses referendums to decide the majority of its laws. We decided to ask wrongplanet

Easiest $20 ever?



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19 Jan 2022, 9:23 am

Define majority. Majority in numbers or majority in strength/power.

The each state in the US has to ratify the amendments to the constitution. I don't know the UK system but they had the bexit vote.



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19 Jan 2022, 9:29 am

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19 Jan 2022, 9:48 pm

txfz1 wrote:
Define majority. Majority in numbers or majority in strength/power.

The each state in the US has to ratify the amendments to the constitution. I don't know the UK system but they had the bexit vote.


so the bet is there's no country where most of its laws are decided by referendum

I went through most of the countries from fnords link and it looks like I'm right (no country does this)