Initiative and referendum - Ballotpedia Micro-Level Legislative Responsiveness to Ballot Initiatives, State Politics and Policy Quarterly 1 (2001): 5061CrossRefGoogle Scholar. Whether serving as an attorney, a California governor, or a United States senator, Hiram Warren Johnson placed principles solidly above politics. c. helped expose social injustices and corruptions diss., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1963), 332334Google Scholar. But ballot measure campaigns were not covered by the Purity of Elections Law. Irrespective of whether public policy in states permitting the initiative is more consistent with the median voter than in noninitiative states, individual legislators in initiative states seem to interpret initiative results from a rational, selfish perspective, which includes noting how their own constituents voted on ballot measures. Although it never made it on the ballot, during the circulation phase proponents of the measure claimed it was the upper chamber of the legislature that had become corrupted by corporate influences, and that the only cure was to abolish the Senate. The Progressive philosophys roots go back to, at least, Hegel during the early 19th Century in Prussia. Colorado Secretary of State, State of Colorado: Roster of Elected Officers and Tabulated Statement of the Votes Cast for the Several Candidates, 1913Google Scholar. b. the government's commitment to limit regulations on big business adoption in all states of the initiative referendum and recall it also advocated woman suffrage workmen s ObamaCare stifles employment. Knights of Columbus, Masons, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Loyal Order of Moose), where people were self-sufficient and voluntarily formed institutions to better themselves and their communities, because of the Progressive movement, but today our country is suffering from the unintended consequences of this Progressive Era. Colorado Bar Association, Analysis of Thirty-Two Measures, 66; The Eight-Hour Laws. Rocky Mountain News, 24 10 1912Google Scholar. 45. The court's exact language on this matter is as follows: It provides that the power reserved designated the referendum, may be ordered, except as to laws necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety. Colorado Senate, 1913.