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Why are the new petitions shorter than the referendum petitions?

April 26, 2017petitions referendum shorter

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Why are the new petitions shorter than the referendum petitions?

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When referring a law to the people, the entire text of the law must be included so that petition signers can read and understand what they are signing. SB 777 was a very long bill and the entire text of the bill would only fit on the four-page petition. The author of SB 777 craftily hid the offensive portion of SB 777.