We have waited too long to now be denied our will.

For years, Utahns have urged their representatives and senators to act. Their pleas went unanswered year after year.

Instead of continuing to wait upon reluctant or recalcitrant legislators, Utahns decided to act. They initiated their constitutional power to govern themselves. They drafted and proposed legislation. They've been walking the streets and knocking the doors, signing their names to petitions for the ability to vote on their proposed legislation. And later this year, the voters of Utah could have the ability to enact laws for themselves and their communities.

Rather than acting as the co-equal possessors of legislative power spelled out in the Utah Constitution, members of the Utah Legislature have now decided to supplant the will of the people with their own.

59% of Utahns support full Medicaid expansion, but legislators believe limited expansion is more responsible.

60% of Utahns oppose returning to the caucus/convention system as the sole primary nomination process, but legislators are attempting to make that possible again.

56% of Utahns support raising their own taxes to significantly increase education funding, but legislators believe that if this happens, it should immediately be reversed.

76% of Utahns support a broad, private-based medical marijuana system, but legislators believe it should be contingent upon federal policy, or at the very least, narrower in scope and controlled by the state.

Just as legislators believed their constitutional powers were ignored last year following the congressional vacancy, our constitutional powers to govern ourselves are now being ignored. Sign this petition to send a message to your representatives and senators: stop undermining the will of the people.