Editorial: No to flipping script on ballot referendums. Or do we mean yes?

Jul 16, 2021 View Original Article
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"But then the bail bond industry subjected the bill to a referendum, a direct democracy tool intended to be used by citizens but increasingly employed by industries and business hoping to protect their profit margins from regulation, resulting in Proposition 25."
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49% : But then the bail bond industry subjected the bill to a referendum, a direct democracy tool intended to be used by citizens but increasingly employed by industries and business hoping to protect their profit margins from regulation, resulting in Proposition 25.

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