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I have long been very alarmed by the way in which the initiative process seems to obscure the legislature's role in Oregon. While the dynamic between the legislature and the initiative process may produce creative results, it often confuses citizens. I know a person who was afraid of voting this year because she knew the initiative measures were complex, and was concerned she couldn't understand them.

And it seems that the initiative system undercuts the legislature. Do we trust the legislators, or not? Did we not elect them in the first place?

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