Governing: Don't Like the Ballot Measure Voters Approved? Just Ignore It, Some Lawmakers Say.

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In the meantime, Catie Kelley, an attorney with the Campaign Legal Center, called the trend of overturning the will of the voters "disturbing" and suggested that lawmakers must think they're safe for re-election and unaccountable to voters.

"The whole idea of having ballot initiatives is that there's some vehicle for voters to move a policy if lawmakers are unwilling to move it themselves," said Kelley. "If lawmakers are going to repeal it, or undermine it through the administrative process, it's really a lost tool for voters."

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