Delaware Senator David McBride (D-Hawks Nest) has introduced SB 12, a proposed constitutional amendment to set up a state initiative process. Delaware has never had the initiative for state laws.
No state has added the initiative process since Mississippi did so in the early 1990’s.
What are the chances of this passing?
I don’t know. There is an organization that tries to expand the list of states that have the initiative. It is the initiative and referendum institute. They have a webpage, I think, and maybe they have so info on Delaware.
The States having the initiative are THE States having some actual DEMOCRACY — at least on some ballot questions / issues.
The other States are all EVIL and VICIOUS party hack gerrymander monarchies – oligarchies — stuck in the DARK AGES.
However — in ALL States – half the votes in half the gerrymander districts (political concentration camps) in ALL State legislatures = about 25 percent indirect minority rule — with much worse minority rule due to party hack primary math.
P.R. and A.V.
“richard Says:
February 1st, 2009 at 9:57 pm
I don’t know. There is an organization that tries to expand the list of states that have the initiative. It is the initiative and referendum institute. They have a webpage, I think, and maybe they have so info on Delaware.”
Another group that is doing this is Citizens in Charge, which is headed by Paul Jacob.
http://www.citizensincharge.org/
Initiative and Referendum Institute
The referendum that approved Mississippi’s current initiative process was in November 1992. Only two measures– both unsuccessful term limits initiatives– have reached the ballot. In 1998, the process was made even tougher when out-of-state petition circulators were outlawed.
An initiative to raise the cigarette tax has been filed, but it looks as though the legislature is going to raise that tax. There is also talk of an initiative for voter ID, assuming that the legislature does not act on that.
go! go! go!
Do it. 🙂