Wouldn't it be grand if we could put this on a referendum ballot to see how many votes it receives?

[enlightenment]

6. You have a point,

good referendum are simple - not complex.

I'm confused about the CA resolution. I thought CA was the same as NV - the language of the resolution has to be the same as that on the petition. Was there some change to the language, or some thought that this is the problem of people being willing to sign almost anything, but not willing to put their money where their pen went?

Because the federal government does not have the option of referendum, I think many people who live in states that do not use direct democracy tools would be completely confused and distrustful of a national referendum (not that we have a process for one). The closest we seem to have is the 'poll' - and it seems to me that polling has consistently shown at least some majority for single-payer systems - when the question is posed in a way that people understand what is asked.