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by ethbr1 391 days ago
Some, mostly-western, US states have citizen-initiated state constitution amendment processes. [0]

I especially like Nevada's -- a majority in two successive general elections.

Sustainable democracy needs a jury nullification-like direct popular escape catch to solve legislatively-intractable issues (term limits, party primaries, redistricting, etc).

[0] https://ballotpedia.org/Initiated_constitutional_amendment