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A May 2021 decision by the Mississippi Supreme Court nullified a voter-passed initiative that permitted medical marijuana in the state, with the 6–3 majority citing a fundamental flaw in the state's constitutional process that was viewed by media as effectively banning future use of indirect initiatives in the amendment process, barring a ...
Senator Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) called to repeal the 17th Amendment on Tuesday, which would eliminate the requirement that U.S. senators be elected by popular votes.In a Wall Street Journal op-ed ...
The Initiative, Referendum, and Recall Procedures Act gives the D.C. Council the power to reverse voter-approved initiatives, as it did in 2001 regarding term limits and in 2019 regarding the tipped minimum wage. [17] [18]
In 1911, California governor Hiram Johnson established the Oregon System of "Initiative, Referendum, and Recall" in his state, viewing them as good influences for citizen participation against the historic influence of large corporations on state lawmakers. [179]
Initiative Petition No. 15, filed in September 1911, would have imposed a restriction on future state questions by forbidding the resubmission of a proposed constitutional amendment for a period ...
An initiative authorizing the state to issue bonds for the purpose of constructing water pollution prevention facilities [17] Passed [17] 1,906,385 (70.54%) 796,079 (29.46%) Proposal 4 An initiative authorizing the state to issue bonds for the purpose of constructing public recreational facilities [17] Passed [17] 1,384,254 (52.84%) 1,235,681 ...
The Seventeenth Amendment in the National Archives. The Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state. The amendment supersedes Article I, Section 3, Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution, under which senators were elected by state legislatures.
In office, Johnson was a populist who promoted a number of democratic reforms: the election of U.S. Senators by direct popular vote rather than the state legislature (which was later ratified nationwide by a constitutional amendment), cross-filing, initiative, referendum, and recall elections. Johnson's reforms gave California a degree of ...