Does anyone find it odd that the solutions proposed are to fiddle with the method of voting for a delegate rather than de-delegating in favor of directly voting

Does anyone find it odd that the solutions proposed are to fiddle with the method of voting for a delegate rather than de-delegating in favor of directly voting for or against things? Maybe the problem is the left word in "representative democracy?" I've long loathed Texas' endless parade of constitutional amendments put before the entire state. The matters involved seemed unimportant to me (stuff like allowing railroad widows to collect the pensions of their second spouse). When I think of it in terms of de-delegating decisions, I think "why don't I and everyone else get a direct vote for or against a budget item?"