Why do we love citizen initiatives?

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A majority of Californians say they'd rather see laws passed by ballot initiative than by elected officials. Why do we love those propositions, even when it takes you forever to get through them on the ballot. What's the use of legislators if we want to decide the big issues for ourselves?
A majority of Californians say they'd rather see laws passed by ballot initiative than by elected officials. Why do we love those propositions, even when it takes you forever to get through them on the ballot. What's the use of legislators if we want to decide the big issues for ourselves?

Credits

Host:

Warren Olney

Producer:

Frances Anderton