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Legislature Refused To Define "Single Subject"

Committees were offered language to better define what a single-subject actually is, but refused to amend the language voters were given.

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Dustin Gawrylow
Jun 08, 2026
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The idea of a single subject rule for ballot measures sounds good - in theory.

But much like how communism sounds good in theory, what happens in practice is very different.

The legislature itself found out how this works in 2023 when the OMB bill was challenged partially based on the existing single-subject rule in the constitution applicable to the legi…

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