Popular initiative
In political science, an initiative (also known as a popular initiative or citizens' initiative) is a means by which a petition signed by a certain number of registered voters can force a government to choose either to enact a law or hold a p ...
is a political process by which a referendum can be triggered by a petition of voters.
Initiative or The Initiative may also refer to:
Fiction
* ''
Avengers: The Initiative'', a comic book series from Marvel Comics
* ''
Civil War: The Initiative'', a comics crossover storyline from Marvel Comics
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Fifty State Initiative
''Avengers: The Initiative'' is a comic book series from Marvel Comics. Written by Dan Slott and Christos Gage with artwork initially by Stefano Caselli, Steve Uy and Harvey Tolibao, the series deals with the aftermath of Marvel's "Civil War" s ...
, a fictional government program in the Marvel Comics Universe
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The Dharma Initiative, a fictional organization from the television show ''Lost''
* "
The Initiative", the seventh episode of season 4 of the television show ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''
Games
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Initiative (chess)
Initiative in a chess position belongs to the player who can make threats that cannot be ignored, thus putting the opponent in the position of having to spend turns responding to threats rather than creating new threats. A player with the initiati ...
, the ability in chess to make attacks that must be responded to
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initiative (role-playing games)
In most tabletop role-playing games (RPGs), an initiative system determines in which order player characters and non-player characters take their actions, to avoid confusion on when a character gets to act. These derive from RPGs roots in table ...
, a number which determines the order in which characters take actions, especially during combat
Organizations
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Initiative
In political science, an initiative (also known as a popular initiative or citizens' initiative) is a means by which a petition signed by a certain number of registered voters can force a government to choose either to enact a law or hold a pu ...
, a media buying agency that is part of Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG)
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The Initiative Collective (aka "The Initiative"), a worldwide group of grassroots neighborhood watch organizations
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Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties
The Initiative of Communist and Workers' Parties (INITIATIVE) is a European Marxist–Leninist political group. INITIATIVE has 30 member parties from all over Europe. The Communist Party of Greece was the main founder of INITIATIVE. The goal of ...
(INITIATIVE), a European Marxist–Leninist political group
Other
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Initiative Q, an alternative payment network
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The Initiative (Tunisia)
National Destourian Initiative ( ar, المبادرة الوطنية الدستورية, french: Initiative nationale destourienne) or El Moubadra was a centrist political party in Tunisia that merged into Long Live Tunisia in 2019. Emerging from ...
– a political party
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The Hawkeye Initiative, a tumblr page that features comic book character Hawkeye in various poses held by female comic book characters
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The Initiative (company)
The Initiative is an American video game development company based in Santa Monica, California. As a Division (business), division of Xbox Game Studios, the company was founded in 2018 to build AAA games for the Xbox consoles and Windows. The com ...
, a video game development company based in Santa Monica
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