RFI weighs in on Voter Empowerment Project legislation
RFI ED Alisa Kaplan spoke with The State Journal-Register’s Andrew Adams about the “Voter Empowerment Project,” a package of legislation introduced by Senate Minority Leader McConchie last week. One of the constitutional amendments included in the package would create a citizens’ initiative process in Illinois. “Experience in other states shows that we have to be very cautious with citizen initiatives, which can be hijacked by deep-pocketed special interests and have chaotic consequences if they are not carefully crafted,” Kaplan said. Even still, RFI would support a “well-designed citizen initiative process.”
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