How have election officials been ordered not to place initiative and referendum proposals on the ballot on the grounds that the electorate does not have the power to enact them?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Brosnahan v. Eu, 181 Cal.Rptr. 100, 31 Cal.3d 1, 641 P.2d 200 (Cal. 1982):
Thus, for example, election officials have been ordered not to place initiative and referendum proposals on the ballot on the ground that the electorate did not have the power to enact them since they were not legislative in character (e.g., Simpson v. Hite (1950) 36 Cal.2d 125, 129-134, 222 P.2d
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