'''Ballot initiatives''' for voters to directly pass laws, usually based on which side of the issue spends more, is allowed in about half the states based on their state constitutions. Ending the harm repeatedly caused by this form of [[direct democracy]] requires amending their constitutions. | '''Ballot initiatives''' for voters to directly pass laws, usually based on which side of the issue spends more, is allowed in about half the states based on their state constitutions. Ending the harm repeatedly caused by this form of [[direct democracy]] requires amending their constitutions. |