所谓公民投票,原为一广义的法学概念,举凡公民行使选举、罢免、创制、复决等所有的投票行为,均可包括在内。现在用公民投票,多赋予其狭义或特殊的含义,即指一国之公民以投票决定国家法律、重大政策的活动过程。它包括三种制度类型:〔1〕(1)直接决策或者信任表态的专项表决式公 The so-called referendum was originally a broad concept of jurisprudence. All the voting activities of citizens exercising their election, removal, creation and referendum can be included. The referendum now gives more narrow or special meaning to the process by which a citizen of a country votes to decide on national laws or major policies. It includes three types of institutions: 〔1〕 (1) direct decision-making or trustworthy statement of the special public