• BURN@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    1 year ago

    American politics relies on fat attatched to other legislation. It’s the reason nothing ever gets passed anymore. There’s a million riders and if someone is unhappy with the unrelated, but still on the bill/prop, measure, they’ll still vote no.

    • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      This isn’t legislation though, it’s a proposal from the population.

      For whatever reason they grouped things together.

      Maybe they didn’t think they could get enough signatories to get the crime stuff through and thought abortion and weed would draw enough voters for the other stuff?

      Maybe there’s some weird law in Texas that made them do that?

      Whatever the reason, what Ohio did was right. 2 separate things.