William S. U'ren convinced the state of Oregon to be the first state to use secret ballot, he also convinced them to use iniatiative, referendum, and recall. A iniatiative was a petition to pass a Bill which was made by them instead of lawmakers. Referendum was a vote on Iniatiative. Recall gave voters the right to remove public officials from elected positions and have another election before the end of their election if enough voters wanted it. The 17th amendment which made it so voters could elect their own Senators for congress instead of the State Legislature.
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