THOUGHTFUL AMERICANS ON I&R
Jerry Patterson, Texas Land Commissioner, said, "The lst amendment to the U.S. Constitution enumerates the right of the people 'to petition the governments for redress of grievances.' . . .The legislature should pass I&R, and enact this right guaranteed by both the U.S. and the Texas constitutions."
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John Talley of Longview, Texas, said, "There are those occasions under our form of government when the interests of the represented and the interests of the representatives are at odds. I&R are the means by which the represented assure that their interests ultimately prevail."
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Ralph Nader said, "Initiative and Referendum is the citizen activist's 'ace in the hole'."
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Mortimer B. Zuckerman, Editor of U.S. News & World Report. said, "The beauty of the California initiative is that it leapfrogs over all the special interests and political calculations and gives choice to the people. That is democracy in any language."
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Woodrow Wilson. said, "We are cleaning house and in order to clean house the one thing we need is a good broom. Initiative and referendum are good brooms."
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A STATEWIDE I&R (INITIATIVE & REFERENDUM) PETITION
(Directed to Your House and Senatorial Legislators)
The Rational: Texas voters desperately need and constitutionally require a tool to reverse the accumulation of governmental power,
which continues to grow naturally and relentlessly; to neutralize the power of special interests; to increase public understanding of the issues;
to stimulate public involvement in the political processes, including issues of reform, which would in turn improve voter turnout, and to make
government more responsive to the voters’ interests, needs and opinions. The right of Initiative, the right of citizens to propose state laws or
constitutional amendments through a petition effort for placement on the general election ballot in November (November of even numbered years) for approval (or rejection) by Texas
voters, IS such a tool. Through the Referendum right, voters can repeal legislation passed by the legislature.
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THEREFORE, this petition calls for voter access to binding statewide Initiatives and Referendums on constitutional amendments and state statutes, and FURTHER, APPRISES the Texas Legislature in the 2009 session of the urgent need to schedule an election on a constitutional amendment that would prescribe these I&R rights for the Texas voter.
(To review The Texas Citizens’ Model Initiative & Referendum Amendment Click Here.)
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