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To the editor:
You, the voter," are too ignorant to take part in the legislative process, even though you now have the right to do so, according to the Virginia constitution.
That was the message by House of Delegates members Jan. 16 when they killed a constitutional amendment providing for Initiative and Referendum. That’s the process in 26 other states where citizens get thousands of petition signatures for a specific law, which then goes on the general election ballot. Then, after much public discussion, voters decide whether they want the new law.
But the House Privileges and Elections Committee, in its arrogant “wisdom,” said Virginia citizens are too uneducated and uninformed to make s&ch important decisions. These legislators were just like another group of state lawmakers who, according to the Jan. 13 Lynchburg News and Daily Advance, “act as if they were royalty unbeholden to the peasants.”
This haughty attitude by our “leaders” is what fuels the mushrooming “toss the rascals out” movement. The fact that a chief of the anti-I & R committee is Del. Robert Ball (D-Henrico), who got
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