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> We can't count paper "yes/no" votes in a way that everyone is happy with. That reminds me, for some reason the US doesn't have referendums. Why is that?
by Noughmad 4y ago
> We can't count paper "yes/no" votes in a way that everyone is happy with.
That reminds me, for some reason the US doesn't have referendums. Why is that?
- triceratops 4y agoThe US as a whole does not. Individual states do. The federal system isn't set up for referenda. I don't believe they're mentioned in the constitution anywhere.
- bombcar 4y agoTechnically the federal system has referenda, but it has to be called by the states, as mentioned in Article V. > The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate. We've never had a constitutional convention so exactly how it would work is unknown.