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Jeff Smith: “The paper ballot? No.”

Featuring: Jeff Smith, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 31

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Jeff Smith Show: Working for Wisconsin

Published | Video Starts at 08:51

And so we sit there in our office and mark yes or no on a ballot rather than having real debate on legislation or even interchange of ideas. So that's really a problem. Well, now that method, does it allow for amendments? The paper ballot? No. So someone comes in with a bill idea and it has some merit, but it could be tweaked. It needs maybe some tweaking and there's really no opportunity to tweak it and make it interesting. (08:51)

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Asserts that the paper ballot method does not allow for amendments.

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