Who decides the final ballot text when the initiative is put to a vote?

Georgia

Georgia

Answer
President
Source

Law on Referendum of Georgia(2003)

http://www.venice.coe.int/docs/2003/CDL(2003)077-e.pdf

 

 

Article 13. Making a decisionrelated to requesting the conduct of referendum

1. The Central Referendum Commission submits the referendum issue to the presidentof Georgia.

2. The president of Georgia makes one of the decisions listed below,regarding the request for the conduct of referendum:

a) About appointing the date for the referendum and providing for its arrangement;

b) About rejecting the request for the conduct of referendum. Such a decisioncan be made only in case of violating the Georgian constitution or contradictionwith the requirements of this Law.

3. The decision about the appointment of the referendum is announced in thePresident’s Decree within 30 days after receiving the request for the conductof referendum.

4. The decree about the conduct of referendum should indicate the exactdate of the referendum, accurate formulation of the referendum issue anddefinition of funding and other issues related to the conduct of referendum.This Decree is introduced to the citizens through official press and othermeans of Mass Media, no later than 7 days after adopting the decree.

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