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"""Squire takes a brilliant approach by using ballot initiatives to study how voters want to structure their legislature. Voters are likely to approach a referendum vote more carefully than a response to a survey question and so their answers are likely to be more accurate. Further, the use of ballot initiatives allows Squire to study voters' preferences over a much longer period. With more than 1,500 initiatives covering more than 200 years, Squire makes a significant contribution to understanding what voters want from the legislature."" - Dan Butler, Professor of Political Science, Washington University in St. Louis"

"Squire takes a brilliant approach by using ballot initiatives to study how voters want to structure their legislature. Voters are likely to approach a referendum vote more carefully than a response to a survey question and so their answers are likely to be more accurate. Further, the use of ballot initiatives allows Squire to study voters’ preferences over a much longer period. With more than 1,500 initiatives covering more than 200 years, Squire makes a significant contribution to understanding what voters want from the legislature."" – Dan Butler, Professor of Political Science, Washington University in St. Louis “Squire finds gold in a treasure trove of state ballot measures and public opinion research and delivers a thorough examination of how state legislators, voters, and the media influenced the evolution of state legislative structures, procedures, and service through direct democracy.” —Natalie Wood, Vice President, Policy and Research, National Conference of State Legislatures"

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Peverill Squire holds the Hicks and Martha Griffiths Chair in American Political Institutions at the Truman School of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Missouri at Columbia. Professor Squire specializes in American politics and legislative studies and is the author of 5 books, most recently The Right of Instruction and Representation in American Legislatures, 1778 to 1900 and The Rise of the Representative: Lawmakers of Constituents in Colonial America.

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