How have you demonstrated initiative?

It means that the person is a self-starter; she or he can start projects independently, or perhaps actively looks for solutions beyond the minimum required. The person can probably motivate others to...

in politics, an initiative (also known as a popular or citizens' initiative) is a means by which a petition signed by a certain minimum number of registered voters can force a public vote.

referendum (plural referendums or referenda), ballot question, or plebiscite (from Latin plebiscita, originally a decree of the Concilium Plebis) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is...

Initiative is a method of allowing voters to propose a new law if enough signature are collected on a petition.

Alexander Graham Bell used it to call his assistant and told him to get over there at that moment