We also have the opportunity for an initiative and referendum in 19 states.

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That is why states with the initiative and referendum process must protect the interests of small businesses whose influence is too diffuse to easily organize.

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Many states practice it through the initiative or referendum process, and while it is used by all political stripes, the left shows no respect for the majority when it sides with the right on questions such as racial preferences, tax limitations and (at least until recently) same-sex marriage.

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