These Missouri GOP proposals could muzzle progressive voices.
Direct democracy efforts like ballot initiatives have been an especially sharp thorn in Republicans’ side.
Nir sees the latest Republican moves as a natural response to lefty victories. “In Florida … Republicans advanced an amendment in 2005 to increase the threshold to pass future initiatives from a simple majority to 60%. Now they want to raise it to a two-thirds supermajority to thwart the progressive measures voters keep approving.”
Republican legislatures now find themselves facing serious challenges on two fronts. Not only are progressives using direct democracy to, those ballot issue campaigns are mobilizing a new generation into the political process. Now, state Republicans fear they aren’t just losing their clout — if those first-time voters return to the polls next year, it could cost them their legislative majorities.
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