On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 01:10:51PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > If it does, and is reasked, what's to stop a group of 6 people[1] from > proposing an "amendment" that guts the original proposal down to nothing > but uncontroversial cosmetic alterations?
Nothing. At that point you have an amendment, which (presuming 6 is sufficient at that time) will be included on the ballot. If a sufficient majority (many more than 6) votes for that amendment, it wins. Otherwise, it doesn't win. > This transforms our majoritarian system into one where a very small > minority has veto power over any proposal -- even ones supposedly > subject to a regular majority vote. How is an amendment appearing on the ballot equivalent to a veto? -- Raul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
