Synonym Discussion of harm. injure, harm, hurt, damage, impair, mar mean to affect injuriously. injure implies the inflicting of anything detrimental to one's looks, comfort, health, or success. â¨badly injured in an accidentâ© harm often stresses the inflicting of pain, suffering, or loss.
Initiative. In political terminology, the initiative is a process that enables citizens to bypass their state legislature by placing proposed statutes and, in some states, constitutional amendments on the ballot. The first state to adopt the initiative was South Dakota in 1898.
Initiatives, Referendum, & Recall. In California we have different means for the people to bypass the legislature called the initiatives, referendum, and the recall. All three were enacted during the Progressive Era under Governor Hiram Johnson in 1911. Initiatives, Referendum, Recall. 1. Initiative: A. Definition: allows the people (5% of voters in the last gubernatorial election) to bypass the legislators and propose a new statute, ordinance, or constitutional amendment to be placed on the ballot for popular vote of its adoption.