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Democratic Delusions: The Initiative Process in America
It is becoming common in many states: the opportunity to reclaim government from politicians by simply signing a petition to put an initiative on the ballot and then voting for it. Isn't this what America ought to be about? Proposition 13 in California's 1978 election paved the way; the past decade saw more than 450 such actions; now in many states direct legislation domin...more
Paperback, 260 pages
Published
February 1st 2002
by University Press of Kansas
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Oregon and California are heavy users of initiative process. He says that gathering signatures is a business, paid by the signature and asks question, if signatures are indication of public sentiment or merely a function of money? He points out that TV ads give less well-informed voters a rough idea and that elected officials and candidates hoping to increase their visibility, increase voter-turnout or help them raise money introduced more than one-third of the initiatives to California voters i...more
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