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or fifty thousand signatures delivered to the office of

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the governor which would bring a matter to referendum

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could also accomplish the same purpose because I believe

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then a question could be brought to referendum if the

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legislature passed something we did not like or affected

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something in the Constitution.

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Second, the possibility of 100,000 signatures

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stating they were dissatisfied with the judicial system

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as we devised it in this newly drafted Constitution

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frightens me because in looking at the galleries day

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after day since September 12, I am slightly concerned

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that the electorate does not exactly know what our

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Constitution is or what it purports to be. It is con-

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ceivable that 100,000 people could sign such a petition

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and place such a matter on the ballot and it could even

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conceivably be passed.

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I think then we would have undermined that

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which we have written. I would prefer it go through the

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General Assembly if there is difficultyand need for

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correction. I am afraid we cannot leave all this in the

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hands of the people.