Seattle Times Says ‘NO’ to Initiative Restrictions

Thu, Feb 17 2011 by Staff

The Seattle Times speaks bluntly about a pair of bills aimed at restricting Washington citizens’ initiative rights.

Their bills…are a collection of things to make ballot initiatives more difficult. And that suggests the legislators’ intent is to restrict direct democracy….

They are punitive and should be rejected.

Seattle



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