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List of Tables=ix
Acknowledgments=xi
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUGION=1
The California Experience=3
The Book=6
CHAPTER TWO: HISTORY=7
CHAPTER THREE: THE INITIATIVE AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY=15
Concepts=15
Experience with the Initiative=18
CHAPTER FOUR: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF AMERCAN STATE LAWS=27
States That Use the Initiative=27
Ballot Access-Signature Requirements=33
The Indirect Initiative=35
Pre-election Administrative Review=37
Pre-election Legislative Review=42
Pre-election Judicial Review=43
CHAPTER FIVE: INITIATIVE IN SWITZERLAND AND OTHER COUNTRIES=46
Switzerland=46
Swiss Law-Federal Level=49
Swiss Law-Cantonal Level=50
Swiss Experience=51
More Detailed Description of Swiss Procedure=55
Restrictions on Initiative Subject Matter=58
Other Countries=62
CHAPTER SIX: THE BASIC STRUCTURE-CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, INITIATIVE STATUTES, AND SUBJECT-MATTER RESTRIGIONS=71
The Role of the Initiative in State Constitutional Amendments=71
Amendment Procedure=72
Amendment and Repeal of Initiative Statutes=78
Subject-matter Restrictions=81
Effective Date=85
The Indirect Initiative=85
CHAPTER SEVEN: SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS=93
Purpose of Signature Requirements=93
Qualifying for the Ballot: Too Easy or Too Difficult?=94
Reforming the Signature Qualification Process=99
Restoring the Reliability of Signature Qualification=106
Impact on the Initiative Process=108
Calculating the Signature Thresholds=109
Changing the Requirements for Passage=111
CHAPTER EIGHT: REDUCING COMPLEXITY I-BETTER DRAFTING AND MORE ACCURATE VOTING=113
Better Drafting of Individual Proposals=113
More Accurate Voting: State the Effects of Yes Vote=118
CHAPTER NINE: REDUCING COMPLEXITY II-MAKING INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVES UNDERSTANDABLE=121
The Problem=121
The Single Subject Rule=127
The Subject Matter Must Be Expressed in the Title=140
An Assessment: How Well Have the Rules Protected Against Trojan Horses, Log Rolling, and Complexity?=143
Some Future Possibilities=146
CHAPTER TEN: REDUCING COMPLEXITY III-THE NUMBER OF INITIATIVES=153
Number of Initiatives=153
Conflicting Ballot Propositions=158
CHAPTER ELEVEN: IMPROVING VOTER UNDERSTANDING=164
Quality of Voter Participation=164
The Voter Information Pamphlet: Who Uses It and How?=165
Improving the Pamphlet=169
Broadcast and Nonprint Media=178
CHAPTER TWELVE: INITIATIVE CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND DISCLOSURE=181
Campaign Spending and Initiative Outcomes=182
Campaign Finance Rules=189
Special Disclosure Rules for Campaign Literature and Advertisements=192
Other Campaign Finance Related Rules=219
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS=222
Basic Structure of The Initiative Process=223
Qualifying for the Ballot=225
Reducing Complexity=226
Improving Voter Understanding: The Ballot Pamphlet=230
Campaign Finance and Disclosure=231
The Process of Reform=232
APPENDIX A: Appendix Tables=235
APPENDIX B: The Massachussetts Ballot Pamphlet=249
APPENDIX C: California Ballot Summary=254
APPENDIX D: Swiss Initiatives: Problems of Counting, Landesgemeinde, Sources=256
INDEX=259
ABOUT THE AUTHORS=268