Voters say they're overwhelmed by the number of initiatives, but they don't want to give them up.

One of the biggest complaints about the initiative process is that it's overused. Of the 20 state propositions on the March 7 California ballot, half were put there by way of initiative. Countless local measures also appeared on county ballots.

"Voters always complain about how many propositions they have to vote on," says Steve Scott, political editor for the California Journal.

A long list of propositions and measures can be mind-boggling to voters, many of whom may not know any more about the proposed law than what they see on the ballot itself.

To find out how Californians feel about initiatives, Rasmussen Research polled 1,000 California voters a week after election day. Of those surveyed, 47 percent believe there are too many issues on the ballot and that there should be a limit on ballot measures. And 37 percent responded that it's too easy to get an initiative on the California ballot.

Yet, when asked to respond to the statement, "On the whole, the initiative and referendum is good for California and California voters," a whopping 77 percent agreed.

"When it comes to the initiative process, there is voter fatigue," says Dane Waters, president of the Initiative and Referendum Institute in Washington DC. "But in the end, voters want to keep that right