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jdunck on Oct 27, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Disastrous IP Legislation Is Back – And It’s Worse...

In general in the US, if a petition gets enough signatures, then a representative takes it up as a topic. But there is no guarantee that a petition will have its hearing.

Are you saying that in AU there is a guarantee? How many signatures are required?

swombat on Oct 27, 2011 [–]

In switzerland, once a referendum request gathers enough signatures (500k for nationwide), the government is required to conduct a public referendum.

dho on Oct 27, 2011 | [–]

It's 50k, not 500k (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referendum#Switzerland)

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