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Referendum
A referendum is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to vote on a particular proposal. It may result in the adoption of a new law.
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Examples:
The nuclear power referendum in Austria
Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant was the first NPP built in Austria, but it never put into operation.
Renegotiate
Repeal is the act of removing or reversal of a law.
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Examples:
Can the Paris Climate Deal Survive a Trump-Style Renegotiation?
Renegotiation of the terms of the Paris Agreement that would still apply to the US.
Repeal
Negotiate (something) again in order to change the original agreed terms. It describes, for example, a party's attempts to alter, in one way or another, their commitments to an international agreement (or similar). Renegotiating might be most applicable at the supranational level, though could be imagined for a national or local agreement or policy.
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Examples:
Theresa May plans to, post-Brexit-Day, implement "The Great Repeal Bill," which would rollback the 1972 European Communities Act (ECA 1972). Many environmental regulations from the EU have been implemented under the ECA 1972. This would cause an "immediate lapse" in the environmental regulations under the ECA unless mechanism
was put in place specifically to sustain it.
Brexit: Potential impacts on our natural environment legal framework
Request to rewrite a legal act
Request the government to change or make amendments to a legal act. It can be pushed through pressure of the public or a certain party/interest group for many reasons: to improve readability, to simplify the policy, to remove unnecessary obligations
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Examples:
Guest Blog: Defend the Elandsfontein Aquifer from illegal strip-mining
Leaked draft of Donald Trump's plan for environmental agency shows even deeper cuts
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The $5.7 billion EPA budget will likely undergo massive rewriting by congressional lawmakers, but the document is a declaration of intent by the Trump administration - one
that sets the agency fundamentally at odds with the environmental policies of the past eight years and, in some cases, nearly three decades.
Run for Office
The action of an individual to run a political campaign with the goal of getting elected into office.
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Examples:
Professor Smith Goes to Washington
As a response to elected officials in denial of scientific facts, scientists are running for public office.