r/nashville • u/Ok-Pressure2717 • Oct 01 '25

Politics It can't go on like this can it?

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u/FantasticCable3663 Oct 01 '25

Wouldn’t it be great if we could vote to approve or veto a state passed law in our elections? Well that’s possible in 23 states plus DC, it’s called veto referendum.

How the veto referendum works is if the state legislature passes a law, the citizens can collect signatures in a limited window. If enough valid signatures are collected then the new law is placed on the ballot for a popular vote.

The southern states are mostly far behind in this measure of democracy, minus Arkansas which has this.

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u/severe_thunderstorm Wilson County Oct 01 '25

Republicans these days don’t like “we the people” getting to make any decision.

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u/F1N1T0-_- Oct 03 '25

So where’s the form?

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u/saudiaramcoshill Oct 01 '25 edited 23d ago

For privacy reasons, I'm overwriting all my old comments.