Our Founders gave us a representational democracy, why change it to allow for voter approved measures?
In a world where information traveled at 3 miles an hour, it would have been difficult to imagine a timely national debate on a proposed bill or amendment. In today’s world information travels fast enough for the citizens of our nation to discuss issues and for public forums on cable TV and the Internet. The founders of our nation gave us a living constitution, one that has previously been amended twenty six times. Some of these amendments have been striking in scope; such as the elimination of slavery and suffrage for women. This amendment does not abandon the concept of our representational democracy — it enhances it.
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