Works well

• It represents a purer form of democracy
• it improves accountability of state level officials between elections, especially where promises have been broken or actions have been strongly opposed
• it’s popular. there was a total of 120 measures on ballots in 2020 including 13 in California
• it allows voters to have a direct say in framing laws
• it allows variation in laws between states that reflect their different political priorities and complexion
• it adds as additional check and balance to state executives and legislatures between elections
• it increases opportunity for political participation and provides additional support for pressure groups . E.g. 2014 - NRA publicly backed a measure in Alabama
• it can cover issues where parties and individual candidates haven’t made a prior promise