Truthfully speaking there is none. There are plenty of "underprivileged"
people who have risen to success based on their determination. Everyone
has equal access to information because information is free. The only
reason someone would commit a crime is if they were brought up into
believing that that was what was expected of them from society due to
their geographical location, income, color, religion, etc. Those who are
determined to push past the narrative prove that "unequal access to
basic services" and crime are not directly related. Anyone who tells you
otherwise wishes you to remain a slave to the system because they
believe that being poor is where you belong and where you should stay.
When citizens circulate petitions and gather a required minimum number of signatures to put a policy question on a ballot it is called an initiative. Twenty-one states allow their legislatures to put referenda before the voters and give their citizens the right to place initiatives on the ballot. Five other states provide for one mechanism or the other. Eighteen states also allow the recall of state officials a means of forcing a special election for an up or down on a sitting governor or state judge. Like initiative a specified percentage of registered voters must sign a petition asking that a vote be held.
The South Carolina General Assembly did a "Resolution to Call the Election of Abraham Lincoln as U.S. President a Hostile Act" in 1860
