Georgia voters may be the most gullible.
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We’re not being given a chance to vote on it. Ralston and the rest make sure of that.
I researched petitions and signature procedures to force a referendum on a state ballot here in Georgia. From what I could tell, that isn’t an option here in Georgia. I hope that I’m wrong, but I think I read it right.
Even California allows it......California adopted its proposition system over a century ago to empower citizens through direct democracy by allowing them to propose legislation, vote directly on policy initiatives, and even amend the state constitution.
According to the Statewide Initiative Guide, anyone eligible to vote in California is also eligible to propose three kinds of initiatives: initiative statutes, initiative constitutional amendments, and referendums.
Initiative statutes are proposed laws, initiative constitutional amendments are amendments to the state constitution, and referendums give voters the power to approve or reject bills already passed by the California State Legislature.
Ralston has to keep a tight grip on that leash.
I remember when Massachusetts passed 1980 Massachusetts Proposition 2½ in the 1980s. It was a revolutionary citizen petition at the time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Massachusetts_Proposition_2%C2%BD
It said that you cannot pay more than 2.5 percent of your property value in local taxes. The only way it can be over-ridden is by citizen ballot.
When I lived in Newton, MA citizens voted one year for an override.
So even in highly liberal Massachusetts, you as a taxpayer were somewhat protected. And Prop 2 and 1/2 was probably instrumental in enabling Mass. to attract lots of high tech business.
Hey, rlmorel, what’s your assessment as a Mass. citizen on the ground?