What procedure, which is available in many states, does the passage describe?

i understand why the state passed a law raising the minimum wage, but i already had to let two employees go because i couldn’t pay them. i think the legislature raised it too far, too fast. we need to go more slowly. i collected all the signatures required to let citizen decide for themselves. on tuesday we all be able to vote on whether to keep the law.

a. recall
b. initiative
c. impeachment
d. referéndum

The correct option is "D. Referéndum"

A referendum or referendum is a legal procedure by which laws or administrative acts are subject to popular vote for ratification. It is the mechanism of direct democracy by antonomasia and nowadays it also complements the regime of participatory democracy, promoting the direct intervention of the electoral body.

the industrial development of cities in the ruhr area in the nineteenth century is described. the research was based on english and german language sources. several factors that shaped growth and paths of the cities were categorized and analyzed. they are locations, resources, traditions, entrepreneurs, and technological developments. locations and resources were the most important among them; other factors may be regarded as consequences from locations and resources. among the cities, bochum, essen, gelsenkirchen, and dortmund had the richest resources and most favorable locations in the transportation network and grew to be the largest cities in the ruhr area near the end of the nineteenth century. riverside location was also a favorable factor for the development, as shown in the development of duisburg on the confluence of rhine and ruhr. resource distribution can explain the rise of textile industry, metallurgical industry, and coal and iron industries, and the northward progression of the mining industry. tradition was an important factor for cities such as krefeld, barmen, elberfeld, solingen, and remscheid, which experienced development based on their traditions through the nineteenth century. various entrepreneurs exerted influences within and beyond the local level over the ruhr area. technological development stimulated the northward progression of the mining industry and the deep connection between the coal and the iron industries.

ok whats to talk about were you scared or what?