Save The Initiative Tour

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The Save The Initiative Tour is a public relations effort led by Paul Jacob in 2008 to familiarize voters in the 24 states with I&R about threats to the citizen initiative process.^[1],^[2],^[3]

States where state legislators are pushing legislation to make it considerably more difficult for initiatives to qualify for the ballot include Missouri, Nebraska,and Washington.

In Nebraska, Nebraska Legislative Bill 39 passed through the [[Nebraska State Legislature on February 9, and was vetoed by Gov. Dave Heineman on February 13.

In Washington, Washington House Bill 2601 passed through a committee of the Washington State Assembly on February 5 by a 5-3 party-line vote, with all the committee's Democrats voting for the restrictive bill, and all the commmittee's Republicans voting against it.

See also

• Changes in 2008 to laws governing the initiative process
• Free Paul Jacob
• Paul Jacob

References

1. ↑ Initiative crusader visits state to push rejection of House bill, February 13, 2008, The Olympian.
2. ↑ Jacob ready to tour against Edmondson's reindictment
3. ↑ Paul Jacob kicks off the Save The Initiative blog tour