There have been plenty of sleazy attempts to slip self-serving ballot initiatives past unsuspecting Michigan voters -- in fact, few recent referendums have been honest about their true intent, which may explain why voters defeat most of them.
But this drive to enshrine a partisan advantage in the Constitution is the slimiest I've seen.
That sets it up pretty well.
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Voters on initiatives need what legislators get: public hearings, expert testimony, amendments, reports, etc. The best project for such deliberative process is the National Initiative for Democracy, led by former Sen. Mike Gravel: http://Vote.org. Also http://healthydemocracyoregon.org/ and http://cirwa.org
Look for this to scar government worse than term limits ever could.
In the judiciary alone, where most of the judges are still in the defined benefit system, look for mass resignations as slashing their salaries will ruin their retirements.
bad bad bad
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