 
    Montenegro
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                      General
      Referendum
      Initiative
      Recall
      Signature collection
      | Question | Value | 
|---|---|
| Legal provisions for mandatory referendums at national level | |
| Legal provisions for optional referendums at national level | |
| Legal provisions for citizens' initiatives at national level | |
| Legal provisions for agenda initiatives at national level | |
| Legal provisions for recall at national level | |
| Legal provisions for direct democracy at the regional level | |
| Legal provisions for direct democracy at the local level | |
| Legal basis for direct democracy at the national level | |
| Legal basis for administrative requirements at the national level | |
| Who administers direct democracy mechanisms at the national level? | |
| First referendum/initiative held | |
| Has there been a national referendum since 1980? | 
| Question | Value | 
|---|---|
| Issues in relation to which referendums are mandatory at the national level | |
| Issues in relation to which referendums are optional at the national level | |
| Issues excluded from being the subject of referendums at the national level | |
| Issues of sub-national referendums regulated at the national level | |
| Who can initiate an optional referendum at the national level? | |
| Who drafts the referendum question? | |
| Who decides on the final form of the ballot text? | |
| Quorum requirements for a referendum to be valid | |
| Requirements for a referendum to pass | |
| Are referendum results binding? | 
| Question | Value | 
|---|---|
| Issues that can be proposed by citizens using the initiative process at the national level | |
| Issues excluded from being the subject of an initiative at the national level | |
| Who may propose the registration of an initiative? | |
| Materials to accompany an application for registration | |
| Who determines the title of an initiative? | |
| What disqualifies a proposed title of an initiative? | |
| Who is responsible for checking the legality of initiatives? | |
| At which stage legality check is conducted? | |
| Who decides the final ballot text when the initiative is put to a vote? | |
| When does voting take place once an initiative is qualified for ballot? | 
| Question | Value | 
|---|---|
| Which individuals/positions may be subject to the recall? | |
| What are the grounds for recall? | |
| What restrictions are there in relation to the time period in which an individual or position can be recalled? | |
| When is the recall put to the vote? | |
| When does the election to replace an individual who has been recalled take place? | |
| Can an individual who is the subject of a recall stand on the ballot for his/her own replacement? | 
| Question | Value | 
|---|---|
| How many signatures are required to start the formal decision making stage of a direct democracy mechanism? | |
| What is the deadline for collecting required number of signatures? | |
| Restrictions in relation to the individuals who can sign the proposal | |
| Where can proposals be signed? | |
| What information must signatories provide when signing the proposal? | |
| Restrictions in relation to signature collection | |
| What forms of checks are undertaken to verify signatures? | |
| Who checks the signatures? |