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Mike Thompson: “But I would ask, what do we say to those people who go to the ballot box in their own States on a referendum and vote…”

On the recordApril 23, 1996
But I would ask, what do we say to those people who go to the ballot box in their own States on a referendum and vote overwhelmingly to restrict themselves and say we choose for our own good reasons to restrict our Members as, what, 22 States have done? And now the Supreme Court, of course, has said you cannot do that. That is the one of the reasons we are here today.
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Mike Thompson
Democratic · California

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Discussing state referendums and Supreme Court rulings on legislative restrictions.

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