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Re: Remembering democracy
I think it's easier to recall Gov. Schwarzenegger than to repeal Prop fill-in-the-blank. Actually, it's not. It takes 12% to qualify a recall, and only 3% to qualify a ballot prop. The overwhelming majority of ballot props fail, as the people's instinct is to vote "no" unless they've got a really good reason not to. In a state where the (ultra-left) political machines dominate the legislature, the initiative process, for all its warts, is a vital necessity. There are responses to this message:
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