YESTERDAY CITIZENS from New Jersey to California voted on an assortment of ballot initiatives dealing with subjects ranging from taxes to the definition of marriage.

One might think that New Hampshire, where politics is the state pastime and there always seems to be an election in the works, would have initiative as well, but we don't.

Initiative refers to the people's ability to put legislation or constitutional amendments on the ballot by petition.

Twenty four states allow citizen initiative, including Maine and Massachusetts.

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