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Agreed!

My state, like a few others in the US, has voter initiatives that become constitutional amendments. The last one that made the news was the one that made it illegal for me to get married.

Another initiative from a few decades ago is a major part of why California can't raise enough money to fund itself now.

So yeah, I'm not a huge fan of ballot initiatives.




The Economist had a very interesting report on democracy in California recently:

http://www.economist.com/node/18563638?story_id=18563638




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