Show notes
A state ballot measure can feel like the purest form of “power to the people” until you see how easily the process can be engineered by professionals with money, messaging, and a motive. We sit down with Oklahoma Senator David Bullard as he lays out a clear argument: initiative petitions were designed by progressives as a tool of direct democracy, and they are now being used to bypass legislatures, sidestep the will of voters who elected representatives, and push policies that could not survi...

