This post has nothing to do with Gov. Schwarzenegger, but the elements might sound familiar to Californians.

More Democracy, a Germany-based organization that operates in several countries, has sent representatives to this conference I'm attending in Aarau, Switzerland. The Vienna representative of the group just outlined for me their plan to introduce the California-style ballot initiative to Austria. The country requires a two-thirds vote of Parliament for a constitutional amendment. Now that new elections have reduced the governing coalition's share of the Parliament below two-thirds, there's an opportunity for minority parties to band together and block significant changes. That's what they plan to do -- unless the ruling coalition agrees to add the initiative to the constitution.