How many signatures are required to start the formal decision making stage of a direct democracy mechanism?
Portugal
- Referendum - fixed number
- Citizens' Initiative - fixed number
- Agenda Initiative - fixed number
Legal Regime governing Referenda (Law no. 15-A/98 of 3 April 1998, last amended by Organic Law no. 3/2017 of 18 July 2017)
Article 16: Holders of the right
Referenda may result from initiatives that are addressed to the Assembly of the Republic by Portuguese electors who number at least sixty thousand and are properly registered on the electoral roll in Portuguese territory, as well as by citizens referred to in Article 37(2) with regard to the matters provided for therein. [...]
Legislative Initiative by Citizens (Law no. 17/2003 of 4 June 2003, last amended by Law no. 52/2017 of 13 July 2017)
Article 6. Requisites
1 ‐ The right of citizens to initiate legislation is exercised by means of the submission to the Assembly of the Republic of Member’s bills subscribed by at least twenty thousand registered electors. [...]
Citizens' Initiative: 60,000 citizens; Agenda Initiative: 20,000 citizens
