California’s Ballot Measures Don’t Need to Be a Hot Mess
A Swiss-Style Model of Counterproposals Could Make for Smarter Voting and Better Public Policy
No man is happy but by comparison.
– Thomas Shadwell, poet laureate, United Kingdom (1689-1692)
If you want to better understand the true nature of a proposal, consider a counterproposal.
Looking at two competing proposals forces you to reckon with the different details of each idea.
Which is why every proposition on the California ballot should have a counterproposal listed next to it.
I raise this idea now because of a nasty fight in the State Capitol that made headlines earlier this summer. The fight was over a November ballot initiative and …
