Rigging the Ballot for the Rich

[Sanguine]

Paul Jacob
Posted: Sep 04, 2016 12:01 AM

Like the bad guys in every episode of Scooby Doo, politicians aren’t all that fond of pesky voters.

Take Colorado’s elected elitists. Neither wise nor forthright, they make up for it by being both devious and persistent.

In 1990, with a greater than 70 percent vote, Rocky Mountain State citizens enacted a term limits initiative constitutional amendment. Two years later, voters narrowly enacted the Taxpayer Bill of Rights by initiative, requiring for any new tax or significant spending increase a vote of assent from the people.

And in 2013, after the Colorado Legislature passed controversial legislation restricting gun rights, people petitioned a recall of two state senators, one the Senate President, onto the ballot. Then, voters sent both politicians packing....

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