A Constitutional Republic is when we the voters elect Representatives to make the decisions for us and if we do not like those decisions then we have the opportunity to vote them out of office. We elect a U.S. Congress and legislators to our state governments as well as representatives in our counties, cities, and local communities to govern for us so we can go about our daily lives not thinking about such matters. This is what a Constitutional Republic is, delegating the decisions to our representatives. We experience democracy in the many states where there are ballot measures. Ballot measures or propositions are legislation that we all decide we want or do not want.
Ballot measures can be extremely effective.
Many times though they are used by legislators because they do not have the will to make the tough decisions so they leave it up to the voters at large. We have been hearing calls that the Electoral College system is old and not necessary any more, antiquated and so on. We have heard those comments from elected representatives such as California Governor Gray Davis, and Senator Elect from New York, Hillary Rodham Clinton. Just today I came across an editorial written by the Los Angeles Times entitled A Land of Law, written on November 09, 2000. There are rare instances that I agree with the Los Angeles Times, this is one of those moments.