When it comes to elections clarifying the opinions of voters, nothing tops an initiative because there are no personalities muddying up the subject. Tipp O’Neill famously said all politics is local, which is true up to a point, but really, politics is highly personal. Voters are highly drawn to candidates with an appealing, trustworthy character even more than perceived perfection on issues.

But an initiative is all about the issue.

In that vein, liberal Oregon’s overwhelming vote to rescind drivers licenses for illegal aliens by a two-to-one margin was quite a victory for law over open-borders chaos. The Protect Oregon Driver Licenses group ran their campaign on a shoestring compared to the powerful forces supporting cheap labor. The vote shows what can be done by a group of determined people.

It also shows that the whining of illegal aliens that they need a driver’s license to get to the jobs they have stolen from citizens is losing its power, even over a liberal electorate.

Oregon is still left-leaning: the same voters also approved recreational marijuana use.