On December 27, in response to a question, Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves said he supports restoring the statewide initiative process in his state. See this story. The initiative is in the State Constitution, but early in 2019 the State Supreme Court ruled that it has a fatal flaw. It requires a certain number of signatures from each of the five U.S. House districts, but due to reapportionment, Mississippi has only had four U.S. House districts since 2001.
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Edited By Richard Winger
What a fool. The marijuana maniacs would just pass another noxious weed initiative yet again. Can the legislature remove him?
ANTI-DEMOCRACY MINORITY RULE GERRYMANDER LEGISLATURES IN ALL 50 STATES.
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They should restore the process in Mississippi, and NOT make it more difficult. The process in Mississippi was already pretty difficult, so there’s no need to make it even more difficult.
Direct democracy usurps the role of the legislature. The purest democracy possible is a lynch mob.