Does Jack Goodman Even Know What His Own Bill Would Actually Do?
Today’s News-Leader story about GOP Senator Jack Goodman is quite remarkable, since it suggests on its face that Goodman doesn’t even understand the effects of a bill which he has written and filed. Chad Livengood writes… Last month, numerous Greene County voters said they stood in polling booths, puzzled about what a county ballot initiative meant. Some told reporters they had no idea what they voted for or against because the ballot language for Question 1 read like a section of law only discernable [sic] with a copy of the state constitution handy. Sen. Jack Goodman, R-Mount Vernon, wants to reform the way ballot questions are presented to voters by giving them a “fair” interpretation of what current laws mean and how they would be altered under the proposed changes. “The Greene County Question 1 is a good example of letting people understand what it is now and what we’re changing it to,” said Goodman, who doesn’t represent Greene County but heard plenty of complaints about it fro
