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To: KingofZion

Voter initiatives are the direct democracy our constitutional republic was meant to avoid.

Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what’s for dinner.


4 posted on 06/20/2024 12:28:54 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Voter initiatives are the direct democracy our constitutional republic was meant to avoid.
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what’s for dinner.

As usual, you are spot on. However, an exception should be made for initiatives that restrain obvious political overreach.

8 posted on 06/20/2024 12:41:26 PM PDT by frog in a pot ("a (NBC), or Citizen of the (US), at the time of the Adoption of this Const." - has a meaning.)
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