It doesn't mean we shouldn't do it,

The De-escalation of Nuclear Crises.

Certainly, you can ask someone if they're a paid signature gatherer, ... but it makes it so much easier if they simply have a badge. We need to be as up-front with people as we can about who exactly is paying for these initiatives and who is paying for the signature gathering.

Too often, the initiative process has been used to address critical and often technical issues that should be addressed by the Legislature,

I am dismayed the governor decided to veto a voter-oriented, good government piece of legislation, ... However, I understand this bill would have adversely affected his govern-by-initiative approach by forcing paid signature gatherers to reveal their true identity to voters.

it was very much a long shot.