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'Sounding the alarm': Critics say the GOP just launched a 'major attack on direct democracy' (www.alternet.org)

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While many in the U.S. have been focused on the actions of the Trumpadministration, said the group in a Thursday statement, legislators in over 15 states have introduced more than 100 bills to stop citizen-led initiatives from being placed on ballots in upcoming elections—and to stop them from becoming law even if a majority of voters support the measures.

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[–] partial_accumen 8 points 7 hours ago

The GOP tried that shit in Ohio and got smacked down hard by voters. It was asinine and brazen. I thought for sure it would galvanize voters against the GOP for such a huge power grab. For a time it did. The next election cycle a ballot measure enshrining reproductive rights including the right to abortion was passed by voters into the State Constitution.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 14 hours ago

"Critics" have apparently been sleeping since the sixties if they're just noticing now..