The Medical Marijuana Measure Was So Stupidly Written It Didn’t Actually Decriminalize Medical Marijuana
There has been a lot of carrying on about the Legislature undermining the "will of the people" by taking up...
initiated measures
Legislature Has Bill to Study and Propose Changes to North Dakota’s Initiated Measure Process
Before the 2017 legislative session is a bill, SB2135, which would initiate a study of the initiated measure and referendum...
Dalrymple’s Budget Contains Massive Line Item to Implement Foolish Medical Marijuana Measure
In yet another example of how deeply unwise it is to legislate at the ballot box, get a load of...
Down With Initiated Measures, Because All American Policymaking Should Be Subject to Checks and Balances
A week ago, in my Sunday newspaper column (here's the Dickinson Press version), I questioned the wisdom of legislating at...
Billionaire's Pet Issue On North Dakota's Ballot Is Why We Need Initiated Measure Reform
Over the years I've come to be very skeptical of the initiated measure process in North Dakota. I haven't always...
LegitSlater: My Take on the Measures- 7 and 8
This post wraps up my take on the initiated measures on the November ballot. In week 1 I addressed Measures 1,...
LegitSlater: My Take on the Measures- 4 through 6
This post is the second of three I am doing on the initiated measures we will decide on by November...
Measure 4 Is No Power Grab But Rather Common Sense Reform For Initiated Measures
Fargo Forum reporter Mike Nowtazki has a profile of Measure 4 up today, and this oft-overlooked constitutional amendment is framed...
LegitSlater: My Take on the Measures- 1 through 3
I have a short list of things I would like to write about in my rhapsodies on SayAnythingBlog. Since I...
Is North Dakota Getting Carried Away With The Ballot Measures?
Currently Secretary of State Al Jaeger's office is reviewing signatures submitted by three ballot measure committees. If there are enough...
