Now big business has recognized the extraordinary power of imposing 2/3 vote requirements. Proposition 16 on the June 2010 California ballot was an attempt by a private for profit energy company to protect their monopolies by imposing a 2/3 vote requirement on any public entity that wants to try to provide cheaper or greener energy to their citizen/voters. It was barely defeated.
Every government entity should have a rule that no law can impose a higher vote requirement on future voters than is achieved in enacting the law. So if 51% of the voters approve a particular law today, the law cannot impose any requirement higher than 51% approval on future voters.
Update: Prop 26 on the November 2010 Ballot sought to impose a 2/3 vote requirement to make it harder to impose state or local fees and taxes. It was approved by 52.5% v. 47.5%. That was 52.5% of the 43.7% of the eligible voters who actually voted.
California Constitution Article II Section 2.5 provides that a voter who casts a vote...shall have that vote counted. Doesn't that imply one group of voters cannot devalue the vote of other voters?
Update: Prop 26 on the November 2010 Ballot sought to impose a 2/3 vote requirement to make it harder to impose state or local fees and taxes. It was approved by 52.5% v. 47.5%. That was 52.5% of the 43.7% of the eligible voters who actually voted.
California Constitution Article II Section 2.5 provides that a voter who casts a vote...shall have that vote counted. Doesn't that imply one group of voters cannot devalue the vote of other voters?
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