On 10/11/2020 05:46 AM, wrote:
On Sunday, October 11, 2020 at 12:19:27 AM UTC-4, rbowman wrote:
The county mailed out the ballots on Friday. I got mine today. The
mailman looked a little stressed but that has more to do with the 5
pounds of glossy political ads he has to stuff in every mailbox.

Now for the hard part -- there are a few legislative initiatives on the
ballot that are convoluted enough that I have to figure out if yes means
yes...

Ah, I love those.

I simplify my life by voting against anything that has "amend the Constitution"
in it. Those are invariably for things that should _not_ be in the state Constitution.

There are two of those.

"Constitutional Amendments 46 and 47 are simple, clean-up efforts to
remove language that was struck down by Montana's courts 15 years ago"

37 and 38 from 2002 were about how signatures are collected and ballot
initiatives presented. The US District Court declared them to be
unconstitutional so they went back to what they were doing. No reason to
rush into things.

I-190 is the ****er. The synopsis is it legalizes marijuana but there
are about 30 pages covering taxation, licensing, quality testing, and so
forth. Bottom line is they figure it will bring in 48 million by 2025.

CI-118 amends the constitution to include marijuana along with alcohol
that are not allowed for 18 year old adults until they are 21. I-190
also makes possession illegal under 21 but would be challenged because
it's not included in the rights of adults. Should be CI-CYA.