In the News February 17, 2025

Campaigns & Elections: How One Progressive Group is Trying to Retain Talent Between Elections

The Fairness Project, which supported abortion ballot measures in five states last cycle, is launching a talent-retention program in hopes of remaining on the offensive in 2025. The goal, the group’s executive director said, is to keep campaign leaders active in the off-year and avoid the brain drain among ballot measure campaigners.

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In the News November 6, 2024

The Washington Post: For abortion ballot measures, strong success or guarded victory?

“It is incredible that in a country that has such a deep rightward shift, almost coast to coast, voters in Missouri — one of the reddest states in the country — rallied together, put a question of a right to abortion on the ballot and passed it, [said Kelly Hall of the Fairness Project.]

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In the News October 28, 2024

The Guardian: ‘A Trojan horse’: how the right is using ‘parental rights’ to fight abortion ballot measures

Part of what makes Missouri attractive, according to Hall, is that the state is “smack dab in the middle of the country that many progressives think is so dark red. In a state that many progressives and Democrats have written off, it’s an incredibly attractive moment to show both the power of direct democracy..."

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In the News October 24, 2024

New York Times: As Election Day Nears, Democrats Test Just How Powerful Abortion Really Is

“This is our first presidential year since the fall of Roe. It means that voters are turning out for a lot of other reasons beside the ballot measure,” said Kelly Hall, executive director of the Fairness Project, which supports abortion rights ballot measures in red and purple states.

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