The Missouri state Senate has nullified several voter-approved referendums by overturning them

From a  FOX2Now, St. Louis article, which offers reader commenting:

"The Missouri state Senate's vote to overturn the voter-approved referendum controlling puppy mills is just the latest in a series of legislative votes overturning measures approved by voters state-wide. ...
In just this most recent session, the Senate has overturned thee anti-puppy mill law approved by 52% of Missouri votes in 2010. Both houses have overturned the 2006 vote where 76 per-cent of state voters decided the state minimum wage should rise along with inflation. ...
In recent years, the legislature has also overturned the 2006 referendum that required state utilities to use increasing amounts of renewable energy. That vote was approved by a 66 per-cent margin. State lawmakers most famously overturned the 1998 referendum that outlawed concealed weapons in Missouri with 52 per-cent of the vote."

In these cases, in just one state, several voter referendums from the last 12 years were overturned later by those same voters' state legislators.  Therefore, the legal standings of these voter-approved referendums were nullified as if they never took place.


Definition of referendum: A mechanism which allows voters to make a choice between alternative courses of action on a particular issue. The result of the referendum may then be embodied in the particular state's constitution; it may be mandatory before an international treaty can be signed; it may serve as the equivalent of legislation; it may be necessary before public funds can be raised for a particular purpose; or it may simply be advisory.
WG "referendum"   The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics. Ed Iain McLean and Alistair McMillan. Oxford University Press 2009. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press.  David Weller.  12 March 2011  

Thanks to Citizens in Charge for the story.

 
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