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Letters,
Constitutional Law

Mar. 25, 2014

Another route for proponents to pass the 'Six Californias' initiative

Re: Six Problems With 'Six Californias' Initiative," March 11.

John K. Haggerty

John is an attorney in Santa Clara.

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David Carrillo and Stephen Duvernay's article, "Six Problems With 'Six Californias' Initiative" (March 11), offers a thoughtful critique of certain constitutional aspects of that initiative. They are clearly correct in their principal critique to point out that the initiative seeks to "revise" the state Constitution (requiring a Legislative supermajority, state constitutional convention, and majority vote of the citizens) rather than merely "amend" it (requiring only a majority vote of the...

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