One HUNDRED YEARS ago Hiram Johnson, one of the most consequential governors in California's history, called a special election.

百年前，加州历史上最有影响的州长之一，Hiram Johnson号召举行了一次特别选举。

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He then joined William Rappard, a Swiss academic and diplomat who was teaching at Harvard at the time, and others, including Hiram Johnson, to extend the system to the whole state.

后来他又和当时在哈佛大学任教的瑞士学者兼外交家William Rappard，以及包括Hiram Johnson在内的其他人一道，将这一制度扩展到整个州。

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But much of the system has been perverted into the opposite of what Hiram Johnson intended.

ECONOMIST: California