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that in all this new maze of legislation they will at least

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have a reasonable chance to test it out before the people.

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That is all I have to say, Mr. President. I

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hope that the amendment is adopted.

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THE PRESIDENT: The Chair recognizes Delegate

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Koss for three minutes.

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DELEGATE KOSS: Mr. President and fellow

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delegates:

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As was pointed out before, we went through a great

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deal of debate on this. I would like at the moment to

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refresh your memories. I feel somewhat qualified to

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speak to this issue, because I, too, have engaged in

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collecting signatures, and while the present Constitutional

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requirement is three percent, the group that I worked with

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submitted a great deal more, and as a matter of fact met the

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five percent.

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Certainly it was hard, but you don't want to

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make the referendum so easy that it is used to thwart

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the will of the people, as represented by their legisla-

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tures.

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The whole discussion previously when we went ove :