Reply #48: Wrong [View All]

[Yunaleska]

We can vote directly for a senator because THE US CONSTITUTION WAS AMENDED TO ALLOW THAT. Christ people - read the constitution and it's amendments. In your case try the 17th amendment. No single state made that call - a great many of them did. Likewise, a great many states would need to address this through constitutional amendment. Not CA by its self.

And, yes, the CA legislature COULD allow a voter initiative to make the call IF it wanted to allow it. It could allow big bird to make the call if so desired. However - what makes you think the CA legislature - which is firmly in our hands - would ever allow this? They have full constitutional authority to make their own decision totally independent of a voter initiative.

Just because something COULD happen doesn't mean it is bloodly likely.