generally, no, not at the federal level. We do to an extent at the state level, but it's mostly on large credit expenditures (bond referendums) and this can vary wildly from state to state. The US isn't a true democracy we're a bicameral republic, more in the old Roman model. We elect people who are supposed to speak for us, but they rarely do.
Michael Grant [Modus IS] wrote: > Not all democracies work the same. I'm not exactly familiar with how the > U.S. works, but I believe you get to vote on bills? Where I live laws aren't > voted on by the general population. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:280959 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
