Question

An is the process allowing citizens to place a proposed law directly on the ballot by means of petition

Answer 1

Initiative

Step-by-step explanation:

An initiative is concept in political science that describes a petition signed by a certain number of citizens in order to get a proposed law directly on a ballot. This is known as a direct initiative. Another possibility is that the initiative can force the government to have a public vote in parliament. This is known as an indirect initiative.

Answer 2

It seems you forgot to include the blank after the first word, "An". However, the word that best fills the blank is "INITIATIVE"... An initiative is the process which allows the citizens to place a proposed law (statutes and constitutional amendments) directly on the ballot by means of petition, thus bypassing their state legislature.