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Originally Posted by JoshGirls Josh
WA & CO only passed their laws via the initiative process, not through their politicians, cause their politicians would never pass such a thing.
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this is exactly how the system is designed- government of the people by the people for the people.
ballot initiative
A process of a participatory democracy that empowers the people to propose legislation and to enact or reject the laws at the polls independent of the lawmaking power of the governing body.
The purpose of an initiative, which is a type of election commenced and carried out by the people, is to permit the electorate to resolve questions where their elected representatives fail to do so or refuse to proceed with a change that the public desires.