Pros And Cons Of Ballot Initiatives

The United States was founded on the basis of representative democracy. We vote officials into office that we trust to make legislation for the people. They do their best as leaders to take into account the wants and needs of the constituents. Although many people feel as if the use of direct democracy can help the constituents be happy and get what they want. However, the use of ballot initiatives are not the best option due to the fact that they will result in a mess in the American political system. Ballot initiatives are not necessary because it results in faulty lawmaking, it entails unfair financial circumstances, and it puts minorities at a disadvantage
Sometimes, in our political system, the elected officials make decisions that go against our beliefs as constituents. To fix their faults, using ballot initiatives would only make things messier. The simple option to such a situation would …show more content…
For example, in the state of California, there are set limits for how much an individual can contribute to political parties and candidates (Adams 2015). On the other hand, there are no limitations for the amount of money that can be contribute to ballot initiatives. In essence, if a ballot initiative had the right kind of monetary support, they could use as much money as they would like and chances are that the initiative will make the ballot and possibly even be voted into action. This no limit contribution poses as a serious disadvantage in which any initiative can go through if there is substantial funding present. Essentially, non-relevant issues can be put on the ballot simply if an interest group starting the iniatiatve has enough funds. This is unfair because legislative bills are all financially regulated and given fund limitations which evens the playing field between all legislative