Many attribute this to the difficulty of getting the double majority necessary for a referendum to be approved.
Measure 47 also mandated a double majority for ballot measures increasing taxes.
The gambling question was an "popular initiative", which also required a double majority.
In Australia, this latter requirement is known as a double majority.
It is clear that only a voting system based on double majority can command a consensus.
We are glad that the principle of the double majority seems to have been accepted.
Obviously, double majority was a big issue - to bring everyone around to that as a basis in our efforts to make progress.
We are staunch advocates of double majority in Council voting.
A double majority sounds easy but it is very difficult to use.
The double majority is one instrument, and there are others.