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Comment by drewda

Prop 22 is written such that it can only be modified by 7/8 vote of the legislature in the future. Its funders made sure to protect their "investment" from the normal political process of push/pull/debate/change.

In the words of one political science professor:

> “I’ve looked at a lot of ballot measures over the years,” said Moylan, adding that a two-thirds majority is common.

> But a seven-eighths “super, super, super-duper majority,” she said, “is new as far as I’m aware.”

https://calmatters.org/politics/post-it/2020/10/california-a...

parent drewda 6 years ago

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