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The phrase "submit a measure" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is required to present or propose a specific action, policy, or assessment for consideration or approval. Example: "The committee will review the proposals and decide whether to submit a measure for the upcoming vote."
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However, your reference to the referendum as a tool of direct democracy underscored the paternalistic tone of your report.Legislating by referendum is not direct democracy, but rather a device used by a representative government to submit a measure to the electorate for an up-or-down vote.
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He and Senator Richard Lugar submitted a measure that would have required the Bush administration to either get explicit authorization for war from the U.N. Security Council or to stipulate to Congress that Iraq posed an "imminent threat" to U.S. security.
Each participating nation is obliged to submit a set of measures it is ready to take, known as "intended nationally determined contributions," or INDCs, aimed at achieving the overall goal of preventing planetary warming from exceeding 2 degrees Celsius.
Late last month, supporters submitted a ballot measure to the state's attorney general, hoping to see a vote on this so-called Calexit in 2018.
One month after a group led by prominent Republicans submitted a ballot measure to change the rules of the Legislature, Democrats in the state Capitol are now pushing for lawmakers to tackle the issue themselves.
State law requires that any group spending more than $200 on a ballot measure must submit a campaign finance report.
The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) assessment report on the antidepressant reboxetine has shown this can be a very effective measure: Pfizer did not submit a complete list of unpublished trials as requested by IQWiG.
Supporters of a plan for California to secede from the union took their first formal step Monday morning, submitting a proposed ballot measure to the state attorney general's office in the hopes of a statewide vote as soon as 2018.
Although the Orange County lawyer who submitted a proposed ballot measure calling for the killing of gay people appears to have gone underground, hundreds of his former classmates have stepped forward to denounce him.
UNICEF Supply Division invites qualified manufacturers of Length/height measuring boards to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) for participation in a tender exercise to be launched in February/March 2016.
In recent weeks, the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), a legalization advocacy group, submitted a bid to get a measure on the ballot that would tax and regulate the drug in Arizona like alcohol, the Phoenix New Times reported.
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