"If minorities ' civil rights are truly being taken away and hurt due to ballot initiatives , then that is a far better reason to change the system than the fact there are people out there who misuse the system ."
"And the risk to minority 's civil rights is , of course , the reason for the bill . They are , after all , limiting what can be started via initiative , not eliminating the initiative process altogether . The fraud was merely an example of why the change is needed . As has been argued here before , if civil rights need protecting , it 's from the majority . Allowing civil rights to be modified via the initiative process simply makes it too easy for the majority to impose it 's will on the minority . That 's not what a Democracy is about , at least not our Democracy ."
"If minorities ' civil rights are truly being taken away and hurt due to ballot initiatives , then that is a far better reason to change the system than the fact there are people out there who misuse the system ."
"to As has been argued here before , if civil rights need protecting , it 's from the majority . Allowing civil rights to be modified via the initiative process simply makes it"