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Colorado is also a very nice place to experiment with new ideas, at least assuming amendment 71 doesn't pass this year! > let's talk about how to get rid of th

• korethr 10y ago
  Taking a closer look at Amendment 71, I'm actually thinking it is a good idea. The state constitution is the foundational document that sets the course for how the state government works, and isn't something to be altered trivially. I'm surprised that it wasn't already required for signatures to be collected from all districts. It's not like Amendment 71 is getting rid of the ability to put statute proposals on the ballot, and IMO, most new idea experimentations should probably be done at the statute level anyway. Put in a sunset clause that limits the new statute, and if it turns out to have been a bad idea, it can be allowed to expire -- no additional round of constitutional amending needed to undo it.
  • liquidise 10y ago
    The issue with Amendment 71 is it tightens the wrong side of the funnel. It makes it harder to propose amendments. Once proposed, they remain just as easy to pass. The correct (in my opinion) approach here is to keep proposals easy, more ideas are always better, but to make the passage of proposals require a supermajority, or something near that. As it is written now, 71 effectively allows those with the money to continue to propose amendments far easier than the rest of us.
    • maxerickson 10y ago
      It adds a requirement that amendments pass with a 55% super majority.