The State-Wide Initiative and Referendum
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Excerpt from The State-Wide Initiative and Referendum: An Article on the Present Status of the State-Wide Initiative and Referendum Statutes, What They Are, Where They Are in Use, and How They Work Within 90 days a petition signed by over 6 per cent of the voters of Washington was filed with the secretary of state, the law suspended, and at the election of January 7, 1916, the voters rejected the act of the legislature by the overwhelming vote of 195,253 against to 45,264 for. So this public port, the "ocean gateway of the Northwest," was saved, and the business men of Seattle, who had done practically nothing to secure the initiative and referendum for Washington, awoke to its value as a safeguard for legitimate business as well as for the general public. Do The Initiative And Referendum "Abolish The Legislature"? Not at all. The claim that they do or are so intended is a false charge, made by its opponents to deceive and prejudice the people. Legislatures proceed exactly as at present and enact the vast bulk of legislation. No law referred by the initiative or referendum goes on the ballot except by special petition. Are The Initiative And Referendum "New" And "Revolutionary"? No. From the beginning of our Government the American people have retained the right to control certain things by direct vote, such as State constitutions or amendments thereto, bond issues, city charters, the location of State and county seats of government, boundary lines, etc. The initiative and referendum simply extends these powers by enabling the people to compel a vote on any question they desire to vote upon. They are modern methods made necessary by changed modern conditions, but they are based directly upon the old American doctrine of the people´s right to self-government. The Massachusetts constitution of 1780, the first constitution in the world to be adopted by a vote of the people, contains in its famous Bill of Rights this declaration: VII. Government is constituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity and happiness of the people; and not for the profit, honor or private interest of any one man, family or class of men: Therefore, the people alone have an incontestable, inalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government; and to reform, alter or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity or happiness require it. The equally famous Virginia Bill of Rights of 1776 has almost the same language, and every State constitution since adopted contains similar declarations and in similar language. By What Process Are The Initiative And Referendum Established? It is necessary to change the State constitution by amending the clause by which the people grant legislative power to the legislatures so as to reserve legislative power in the hands of the people by the initiative and referendum. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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