Like the CA ballot initiative process? No, thanks. I lived through a couple of election cycles in CA, and realized the whole thing was a farce. At the time,

Like the CA ballot initiative process? No, thanks. I lived through a couple of election cycles in CA, and realized the whole thing was a farce. At the time, you could pay signature gatherers $1 or so per signature, so anyone with about $1 million to throw around could get their pet initiative on the ballot. Ordinary people don't have the time or expertise to tease out the implications of legislation, because they have other things to do with their lives. Direct democracy is fine for school boards and homeowners' associations, but societies of millions of people are complicated.