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OPINION: This bill is a referendum slayer

by JIM JONES and BEN YSURSA/Guest Opinion
| March 13, 2024 1:00 AM

House Bill 652, which is designed to critically wound citizen initiatives in Idaho, will also administer an absolute kill shot to the citizen referendum. 

For those not familiar with the referendum, it is an infrequently-used mechanism that allows voters to veto a bill enacted into law by the Legislature. Voters can make a law with the initiative or use the referendum to veto a law passed by the Legislature. 

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