If Amd. A is declared unconstitutional, it will be the fourth election cycle in a row where a measure passed by the voters is either repealed or substantially altered by the legislature or removed in court.
2014: IM 18 (min. wage) altered by legislature with youth min. wage

2016: IM 22 (anti-corruption) repealed by legislature

2018: IM 24 (out of state $ ban for ballot measures) declared unconstitutional in federal court

2020: Amdmnt A (rec. marijuana) TBD
In two of these instances, voters have followed up with a separate effort in the following election cycle. The youth minimum wage was referred and defeated in 2016. IM22 came back as Amdmt W in 2018 and was defeated. No effort was made to reinstate IM24
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