Post #788398
2026-03-21 17:51 UTC
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@njordomir@lemmy.world 2026-03-22 02:18
I hear you 100%. This sort of shit comes back with a different name each year. I am SOOOO sick of voting down abortion bans every election cycle. 26 US states, including mine, have initiative or referendum processes allowing citizens to place an issue on the ballot. In some states, that’s how the anti-abortion laws are ending up on the ballot, but we an use their own tools against them. In many states, these initiatives failed so we know we have a minimum of 51% support if it’s a law, and at least 33% support if it’s an amendment (depending on that state and their rules). Polling shows, an even larger percentage, most Americans, do not support these laws. The numbers are on our side. ballotpedia.org/States_with_initiative_or_referen… If we can collect enough signatures, the voters can put an end to this. If we add it to the state constitution, where the process allows this, we can completely prevent laws doing this from being considered because the only thing that can overrule a constitutional amendment is another constitutional amendment. I’m gauging interest to do this in Colorado to foil age attestation laws, but we could potentially end the back and forth bullshit in multiple states.
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@schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-03-21 17:57
Yes; recent news have made me somewhat optimistic that the resistance to it is winning though. Age verification laws currently look like a much greater danger to freedom.