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Gehrke: The people had their say in a historic way, but will the Legislature let it stand?

That was California state senate candidate Dick Tuck’s take on losing his race in 1966.

It could also be the reaction of at least some Utah legislators after voters Tuesday approved two ballot initiatives — medical marijuana and Medicaid expansion.

A third, creating an independent redistricting commission, is teetering and could pass or fail depending on the way the rest of the ballots fall.

Whichever way the Better Boundaries initiative ends up, the results are still a historic flexing of the people’s legislative muscle. The last voter initiative passed in 2000 (the 2007 voucher repeal was technically a referendum, which is slightly different) and there have been just three initiatives passed since 1960.