D. Abolition of the quorum and number of signatures to be collected

Concerning the number of signatures required to launch a referendum, the key reference number seems to be that of 8’000 voters – both in the Referendum Law in force (Article 8 and 18) and in the Bill (Article 39.2: confirmatory referendum; Article 41.1: popular initiative; Article 43: abrogative referendum). That is – as things stand now, counting 416’000 electors in the Province – slightly less than the threshold of 1/50 (2%) of the electorate indicated in Article 47.5 of the Special Statute for the statutory laws. The advisory referendum only requires 2.500 signatures, like the citizens’ bill.