TASC

Recent news reports detailing the machinations accompanying various proposed ballot initiatives in Nevada indicate that political dysfunction is not something that is the sole provenance of the Democratic presidential nomination process. Just as the inability of the Democrats to settle on a presidential nominee suggests institutional processes going awry, so do the recent court challenges that have further muddied the waters about what is and is not an acceptable ballot initiative in the state of Nevada.

To review: the successful removal of the TASC proposal from the ballot during the last election cycle on the grounds that that its sponsors circulated different versions of the proposal when collecting the requisite signatures opened the floodgates for various interests to use the courts as means to preemptively challenge proposed initiatives that threaten their comfortable hold over the status quo.