The right to use Swiss franc banknotes and coins will be enshrined in Switzerland’s constitution after voters on Sunday backed a measure designed to safeguard the use of cash in society.

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    30 some states voters can put constitutional amendments directly on the ballot with petitions for an up or down vote. That’s how marijuana was legalized.

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      That is for a state constitutional amendment. I was talking about the United States Constitution. For that constitution the citizens get zero say.

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        Well you can still propose one, and you could use the initiative process for your state’s assent even, but you need 3/4 of states to ratify it.

        Better no changes than whatever these clowns would change it to anyway. People are too stupid right now, too manipulated, too dosed with industrial toxins a thousand times over, nothing better would result after the rich manipulate us.

        Besides, the constitution is pretty good anyway. The bill of rights is solid. The problem is it’s not honored, changing the constitution means nothing if the government doesn’t follow it.

        Obviously the electoral college sucks, nothing we can do about that now, but we can establish ranked choice voting in states with referendums, to change out output into that college.