Following this years initiative fiasco, the Missoulian suggests making the process easier.   Wonderful, lets reward those who deliberately set out to connive, cheat, and cloud important issues by making it easier.  Why don't we also shorten the Tour De France not to tempt cheaters to cheat. Lets remove the mountain passes along with banning doping.

To be fair, they also suggest barring paid signature gathering, which MOTTO supports (MOTTO also strongly advocates for stringent financial reporting).   The problem with the Missoulian editorial, however, is how quickly they seem to point to the courts as the culprit in these issues rather than those who deliberately hijacked our initiative system. 

 But direct democracy doesn't exactly work if it's left to the courts to decide what people can vote for and what they cannot. We need an initiative process that limits the potential for control by the courts.

The courts did not decide what people could vote for, but rather upheld the integrity of the system.   Common sense changes regarding gathering and financial transparency will provide a level of integrity, particularly for those who are ethically challenged.  The courts will always be (and should remain) a line of defense for those who continue to attempt to circumvent our precious system.