"you, as an ordinary Texan, can’t change these laws in the way Ohioans did because of an old and arcane little power... called the #CitizenInitiative. Nationwide, about half of states empower ordinary citizens to collect signatures & force a statewide vote on proposed constitutional amendments or statutes... These plebeian-friendly polities are concentrated in the American West, but they straddle the partisan divide. ~@gusbova @TexasObserver https://www.texasobserver.org/the-reason-texans-cant-vote-on-abortion-and-weed/ #Texas #Politics #News