RE: UK to leave EU
June 25, 2016 at 4:03 am
(This post was last modified: June 25, 2016 at 4:07 am by Thumpalumpacus.)
We require a 60% majority in Congress to override a Presidential veto, and a 67% majority to amend our Constitution. Such percentages act as a tamper on hot emotions.
Conpare that to the ballot-initiative system in the state of California, which uses a 50+1 system. You end up with a bare majority rewrting the state's constitution, decided amongst voters who (there) don't have the time or inclination to inform themselves on the issue beyond talking points funded by PACs or hidden interests. Prop 8 and Prop 13 are both monumennts to that sort of folly.
Conpare that to the ballot-initiative system in the state of California, which uses a 50+1 system. You end up with a bare majority rewrting the state's constitution, decided amongst voters who (there) don't have the time or inclination to inform themselves on the issue beyond talking points funded by PACs or hidden interests. Prop 8 and Prop 13 are both monumennts to that sort of folly.
