Opinion: Arizona voters are being given an amazing opportunity to diminish our own constitutionally given right to make laws at the ballot box. Isn’t that grand?
By Laurie Roberts || The Arizona Republic
OK, so the November ballot is set and voters won’t be allowed to block the Arizona Legislature from overturning future presidential elections, should our leaders not like the outcome.
But take heart, Arizona. We will be able to hamstring ourselves, making it more difficult for voters to enact certain sorts of laws at the ballot box.
OK, so we won’t be allowed to restore the right of occasional voters to automatically get an early ballot or to undo recent legislative “reforms” designed to make it harder for citizen initiatives to qualify for the ballot.
But we will be able to gut the Voter Protection Act – the one that bars the Legislature from nixing voter-enacted laws.
OK, so we won’t be allowed to make it easier for citizens to vote or limit how much money candidates can accept from special interests or block future legislative efforts to undermine the will of the people.
But we are being given an amazing opportunity to diminish our own constitutionally given right to make laws at the ballot box.
Isn’t that grand?
