responsibilities. The salary of the Auditor General may not be decreased during a term
of office.

 (e) The Auditor General may be removed from office for cause by
the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, or by impeachment.

 ARTICLE XII. INITIATIVE, REFERENDUM AND RECALL

 All political power is inherent in the people, who reserve the power to propose,
adopt, or reject laws, and also the power to adopt or reject any act or section of any act
passed by the Senate.

 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
 Section 1. (a) Initiative and referendum is the power of the electors to propose
the enactment, amendment, or repeal laws of the Virgin Islands, except public
exigency laws and laws involving operating expenses. An initiative shall be instituted
by a petition containing the full text of the proposal, and be signed by at least 10
percent of the qualified voters of each legislative district or by 41 percent of the
qualified voters of the Virgin Islands.

 (b) An initiative shall be filed with the Senate. If adopted by the
Senate within thirty days of the filing of the petition, the proposal contained in the
petition shall take effect in accordance with its terms. If the Senate fails to act within
thirty days, the proposal shall be submitted to the voters at the next general election or
at a special election held before the next general election.

 (c) An initiative shall take effect upon affirmative vote of a majority of
the qualified voters of the Virgin Islands voting on the question. An initiative may not be
vetoed by the Governor, and when adopted by the people may not be amended or
repealed by the Senate in office when the petition was filed.

 RECALL
 Section 2. (a) Elected public officials of the Virgin Islands may be recalled by
the qualified voters. A recall petition shall identify the official to be recalled by name
and office, and be signed by at least 30 percent of the persons qualified to vote for that
office. The petition shall state the reasons for recall.

 (b) A special recall election shall be held within sixty days of the
filing of the recall petition. An official shall be recalled upon the affirmative vote of two-
thirds of those voting on the question.

 (c) A recall petition may not be filed during the first year of the first
term of office of an elected official, and not less than three months before a general
election; nor more than once a year except for cause.