Free Lunch

[Colt45]

They’ve had 100 years what’s changed

What happened to all the big talk after Covid of never giving the gov another inch to control and make decisions for us?

I am not following your argument that we would be giving the "gov" more control to make decisions for us. Wouldn't it make it harder for anyone, either citizens or legislature, to make changes to our constitution?

A "yes" vote supports requiring constitutional amendments initiated by citizens or referred by the state legislature to receive a 60% vote to be adopted.

 

[ale]

Some current lawmakers are pissed we passed term limits and an ethics commission and single issue rules via measures so this is their way of chipping away at us. Its requiring 10% more votes to get what we the people want changed. It would make it so 41% of voters could overrule 59% It’s the government goons making it more difficult to bypass them. Stop thinking in republican vs democrat. And it would just bring in more out of state money trying to finance ads to reach that 60%

 

[eyexer]

Some current lawmakers are pissed we passed term limits and an ethics commission and single issue rules via measures so this is their way of chipping away at us. Its requiring 10% more votes to get what we the people want changed. It would make it so 41% of voters could overrule 59% It’s the government goons making it more difficult to bypass them. Stop thinking in republican vs democrat. And it would just bring in more out of state money trying to finance ads to reach that 60%

Exactly.

 

[Colt45]

Ale, you understand measure one is only for constitutional changes, correct? The measure doesn’t apply to ballot initiatives affecting state law. Its only constitutional changes.

It would make it so that 60% of voters (we the people) must approve all changes to North Dakota's constitution, whether from the Legislature or an initiated measure.

It makes it harder for the legislature to get a constitutional change rammed through, not easier.
Measure 1 is simply a method of protecting our constitution from being changed too easily by either the citizens or the legislature. And it helps curb out of state special interest groups funding changes to our constitution.

Mandating free lunch to school kids has no business being part of our constitution for instance, at least that's my opinion.