local option

/ˈloʊkəl ˌɑpʃən/
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Other forms: local options

Definitions of local option
  1. noun
    freedom of a local government to determine by popular vote the applicability of a controversial law in their jurisdiction
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    type of:
    self-determination, self-government, self-rule
    government by a country's own people rather than by an outside power
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