The Republican War on our “Direct Democracy.”

[JLW]

Though Republicans control a majority of state governments, one area of governmental power they, nor Democrats for that matter, can control is in the area of ballot initiatives. Ballot initiatives or referendums are those issues that are placed on the ballot for an up or down vote by the people. It is the greatest example of direct democracy that this nation has.

As the NYTs points out , “these referendums are a century-old fixture of American democracy that allows voters to bypass their legislatures to enact new laws, often with results that defy the desires of the state’s elected representatives.“ Republicans in particular are stymied by these initiatIves as the people vote for laws that Republicans in Red States disapprove. Among those initiatives that have passed in Red states that were opposed by Republicans were laws ”that raised the minimum wage, legalized marijuana, expanded Medicaid, introduced nonpartisan redistricting and no-excuse absentee voting, and restored voting rights to people with felony convictions.”

This year Republican-led legislatures in Florida, Idaho, South Dakota and other states have passed laws limiting the use of referendums. “So far in 2021, Republicans have introduced 144 bills to restrict the ballot initiative processes in 32 states, according to the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center...”

The question is why do Republicans fear the people. Why should we not let the people speak? It is a two way street after all. Republicans can use and have used the same ballot referendums in the past.

Do you agree with Republicans that these ballot referendums should be restricted.

Republicans Move to Limit a Grass-Roots Tradition of Direct Democracy (Published 2021)

Through ballot initiatives, voters in red states have defied legislators’ wishes and produced liberal outcomes in recent years. Republicans want to make the practice harder, or even eliminate it.

www.nytimes.com

The word Democracy is no used once in the US Constitution but Republic is used more than twice. If you don't know the difference, read The Republic, Plato..

What is it with Republicans? The question is one of ballot initiatIves.

For the record, we are a constitutional republic with democratic institutions. You do realize that, don’t you or am I speaking to third graders on this board?

I guess the question is, as I posed earlier, why do Republicans fear the people? Republican posters apparently are deathly afraid of voters based on their posts so far.

Yet you called us a "direct democracy" why do you keep trying to establish that as a "truth."

You got called out, so now you squirm

This thread is about ballot initatives. Apparently, Repubs are too afraid to discuss the issue. They are throwing puerile tantrums. LOL

 

[LA RAM FAN]

What is it with Republicans? The question is one of ballot initiatIves.

For the record, we are a constitutional republic with democratic institutions. You do realize that, don’t you or am I speaking to third graders on this board?

I guess the question is, as I posed earlier, why do Republicans fear the people? Republican posters apparently are deathly afraid of voters based on their posts so far.

View attachment 492415

A better question is...

Why do the progressive Democrats fear the people so much that they had to murder an unarmed female protestor then erect fences around themselves and bring in enough troops to hold a war?

*****SMILE*****

Stop attempting to derail this thread with totally irrelevant fatuity.

So when the much better question than your babble that you asked is posted,you evade the question and claim someone is trying to derail your thread.you know you have been stumped so you go into evade mode,no reason to expect he,she to answer your babble when you won’t even answer a much better question than the babble you asked in the op.

 

[daveman]

California is proof that stupid laws are passed when presented to ignorant voters.

 

[LA RAM FAN]

Though Republicans control a majority of state governments, one area of governmental power they, nor Democrats for that matter, can control is in the area of ballot initiatives. Ballot initiatives or referendums are those issues that are placed on the ballot for an up or down vote by the people. It is the greatest example of direct democracy that this nation has.

As the NYTs points out , “these referendums are a century-old fixture of American democracy that allows voters to bypass their legislatures to enact new laws, often with results that defy the desires of the state’s elected representatives.“ Republicans in particular are stymied by these initiatIves as the people vote for laws that Republicans in Red States disapprove. Among those initiatives that have passed in Red states that were opposed by Republicans were laws ”that raised the minimum wage, legalized marijuana, expanded Medicaid, introduced nonpartisan redistricting and no-excuse absentee voting, and restored voting rights to people with felony convictions.”

This year Republican-led legislatures in Florida, Idaho, South Dakota and other states have passed laws limiting the use of referendums. “So far in 2021, Republicans have introduced 144 bills to restrict the ballot initiative processes in 32 states, according to the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center...”

The question is why do Republicans fear the people. Why should we not let the people speak? It is a two way street after all. Republicans can use and have used the same ballot referendums in the past.

Do you agree with Republicans that these ballot referendums should be restricted.

Republicans Move to Limit a Grass-Roots Tradition of Direct Democracy (Published 2021)

Through ballot initiatives, voters in red states have defied legislators’ wishes and produced liberal outcomes in recent years. Republicans want to make the practice harder, or even eliminate it.

www.nytimes.com

The word Democracy is no used once in the US Constitution but Republic is used more than twice. If you don't know the difference, read The Republic, Plato..

What is it with Republicans? The question is one of ballot initiatIves.

For the record, we are a constitutional republic with democratic institutions. You do realize that, don’t you or am I speaking to third graders on this board?

I guess the question is, as I posed earlier, why do Republicans fear the people? Republican posters apparently are deathly afraid of voters based on their posts so far.

Yet you called us a "direct democracy" why do you keep trying to establish that as a "truth."

You got called out, so now you squirm

This place is full of dim-witted Republicans who apparently can’t read.

Great evasive tactic.Like he just got done saying,you sure do some squirming when backed up against the wall with nowhere to run to.

 

[daveman]

Though Republicans control a majority of state governments, one area of governmental power they, nor Democrats for that matter, can control is in the area of ballot initiatives. Ballot initiatives or referendums are those issues that are placed on the ballot for an up or down vote by the people. It is the greatest example of direct democracy that this nation has.

As the NYTs points out , “these referendums are a century-old fixture of American democracy that allows voters to bypass their legislatures to enact new laws, often with results that defy the desires of the state’s elected representatives.“ Republicans in particular are stymied by these initiatIves as the people vote for laws that Republicans in Red States disapprove. Among those initiatives that have passed in Red states that were opposed by Republicans were laws ”that raised the minimum wage, legalized marijuana, expanded Medicaid, introduced nonpartisan redistricting and no-excuse absentee voting, and restored voting rights to people with felony convictions.”

This year Republican-led legislatures in Florida, Idaho, South Dakota and other states have passed laws limiting the use of referendums. “So far in 2021, Republicans have introduced 144 bills to restrict the ballot initiative processes in 32 states, according to the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center...”

The question is why do Republicans fear the people. Why should we not let the people speak? It is a two way street after all. Republicans can use and have used the same ballot referendums in the past.

Do you agree with Republicans that these ballot referendums should be restricted.

Republicans Move to Limit a Grass-Roots Tradition of Direct Democracy (Published 2021)

Through ballot initiatives, voters in red states have defied legislators’ wishes and produced liberal outcomes in recent years. Republicans want to make the practice harder, or even eliminate it.

www.nytimes.com

The word Democracy is no used once in the US Constitution but Republic is used more than twice. If you don't know the difference, read The Republic, Plato..

What is it with Republicans? The question is one of ballot initiatIves.

For the record, we are a constitutional republic with democratic institutions. You do realize that, don’t you or am I speaking to third graders on this board?

I guess the question is, as I posed earlier, why do Republicans fear the people? Republican posters apparently are deathly afraid of voters based on their posts so far.

Yet you called us a "direct democracy" why do you keep trying to establish that as a "truth."

You got called out, so now you squirm

This place is full of dim-witted Republicans who apparently can’t read. This thread is about ballot initatives. Apparently, Repubs are too afraid to discuss the issue. They are throwing puerile tantrums. LOL

Just go ahead and tell us what answer will assuage your butthurt. Maybe someone will give it to you to shut you up.

 

[JLW]

Why are you Repubs too chicken shit to address ballot initiatives?

 

[JLW]

What is it with Republicans? The question is one of ballot initiatIves.

For the record, we are a constitutional republic with democratic institutions. You do realize that, don’t you or am I speaking to third graders on this board?

I guess the question is, as I posed earlier, why do Republicans fear the people? Republican posters apparently are deathly afraid of voters based on their posts so far.

View attachment 492415

A better question is...

Why do the progressive Democrats fear the people so much that they had to murder an unarmed female protestor then erect fences around themselves and bring in enough troops to hold a war?

*****SMILE*****

Stop attempting to derail this thread with totally irrelevant fatuity.

So when the much better question than your babble that you asked is posted,you evade the question and claim someone is trying to derail your thread.you know you have been stumped so you go into evade mode,no reason to expect he,she to answer your babble when you won’t even answer a much better question than the babble you asked in the op.

Lol...Your reputation for incoherence is confirmed by your post.

 

[LA RAM FAN]

Though Republicans control a majority of state governments, one area of governmental power they, nor Democrats for that matter, can control is in the area of ballot initiatives. Ballot initiatives or referendums are those issues that are placed on the ballot for an up or down vote by the people. It is the greatest example of direct democracy that this nation has.

As the NYTs points out , “these referendums are a century-old fixture of American democracy that allows voters to bypass their legislatures to enact new laws, often with results that defy the desires of the state’s elected representatives.“ Republicans in particular are stymied by these initiatIves as the people vote for laws that Republicans in Red States disapprove. Among those initiatives that have passed in Red states that were opposed by Republicans were laws ”that raised the minimum wage, legalized marijuana, expanded Medicaid, introduced nonpartisan redistricting and no-excuse absentee voting, and restored voting rights to people with felony convictions.”

This year Republican-led legislatures in Florida, Idaho, South Dakota and other states have passed laws limiting the use of referendums. “So far in 2021, Republicans have introduced 144 bills to restrict the ballot initiative processes in 32 states, according to the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center...”

The question is why do Republicans fear the people. Why should we not let the people speak? It is a two way street after all. Republicans can use and have used the same ballot referendums in the past.

Do you agree with Republicans that these ballot referendums should be restricted.

Republicans Move to Limit a Grass-Roots Tradition of Direct Democracy (Published 2021)

Through ballot initiatives, voters in red states have defied legislators’ wishes and produced liberal outcomes in recent years. Republicans want to make the practice harder, or even eliminate it.

www.nytimes.com

The word Democracy is no used once in the US Constitution but Republic is used more than twice. If you don't know the difference, read The Republic, Plato..

What is it with Republicans? The question is one of ballot initiatIves.

For the record, we are a constitutional republic with democratic institutions. You do realize that, don’t you or am I speaking to third graders on this board?

I guess the question is, as I posed earlier, why do Republicans fear the people? Republican posters apparently are deathly afraid of voters based on their posts so far.

Yet you called us a "direct democracy" why do you keep trying to establish that as a "truth."

You got called out, so now you squirm

This place is full of dim-witted Republicans who apparently can’t read. This thread is about ballot initatives. Apparently, Repubs are too afraid to discuss the issue. They are throwing puerile tantrums. LOL

Just go ahead and tell us what answer will assuage your butthurt. Maybe someone will give it to you to shut you up.

Amen to that.

 

[CarlinAnnArbor]

Why are you Repubs too chicken shit to address ballot initiatives?

Many Republican states are instituting "ballot initiatives"

Leftists do love manipulating the language

 

[LA RAM FAN]

Still mad California voted no to gay marriage?

Huh..Reread my thread and think before you post.

I asked you a question are you still mad the people of California voted no to gay marriage?


Thank God we are a democracy and gay marriage is still illegal

I take it then you are opposed to the Republicans restricting these ballot initiatives. Score one for the Democrats.

I take it you think we are a democracy

I take you can’t read.

The question is one of ballot initiatives. You do understand that, right?

You sure can’t read because only America haters ignore reality it is the Democrats war on democracy shill.

 

[JLW]

Why are you Repubs too chicken shit to address ballot initiatives?

Many Republican states are instituting "ballot initiatives"

Leftists do love manipulating the language

Hallelujah! A Pub that finally addressed the OP. So, do you agree that ballot initiatives should be restricted?

 

[daveman]

Why are you Repubs too chicken shit to address ballot initiatives?

Many Republican states are instituting "ballot initiatives"

Leftists do love manipulating the language

Hallelujah! A Pub that finally addressed the OP. So, do you agree that ballot initiatives should be restricted?

You're not going to like this.

I believe it should be up to each state.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

Still mad California voted no to gay marriage?

Huh..Reread my thread and think before you post.

I asked you a question are you still mad the people of California voted no to gay marriage?


Thank God we are a democracy and gay marriage is still illegal

I take it then you are opposed to the Republicans restricting these ballot initiatives. Score one for the Democrats.

I take it you think we are a democracy

I take you can’t read.

The question is one of ballot initiatives. You do understand that, right?

Oh, don't be too sure.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

The question is why do Republicans fear the people. Why should we not let the people speak?

Because it conflicts with the Republican goal of minority rule.

Republicans know that their failed, wrongheaded agenda is at odds with the majority of the people, hence their unwarranted opposition to referenda and the will of the majority of the people.

Indeed, when the people enact measures through referenda Republicans oppose, it reaffirms the fact of how unpopular the Republican agenda is, and how out-of-touch with the people Republicans truly are.