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Rep. Ponca moves to introduce bill to set initiative approval at 60%
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Rep. Ponca moved to introduce RS31832, which would set a 60% approval threshold for citizen-initiated measures; Rep. Achilles raised constitutional and historical concerns and asked sponsors to address implications at a full hearing. The committee voted to introduce the measure for further consideration.
Representative Ponca moved to introduce RS31832, a proposal to set the approval threshold for citizen-initiated ballot measures at 60%.
"The initiative process is broken. This is one way to level the playing field a little bit by raising it to 60%. There are other states that have 60% or two-thirds in some of their initiative processes," Representative Ponca said, and asked that the proposal be printed so it can be fleshed out in a bill hearing.
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