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NPR highlighted the Fairness Project’s strong track record of supporting and winning ballot measure campaigns on progressive issues, primarily in red and purple states where popular policies have little to no chance of passing through conservative state legislatures.
The Fairness Project is actively monitoring these attacks and has organized over $5.6 million since 2021 to fight back as part of its Ballot Measure Rescue Campaign.
A strong majority of voters — 65% — support restoring the citizen-initiated ballot measure process in Mississippi.
Missouri state legislators on Friday advanced a proposal to make it significantly more difficult for citizens to pass laws through ballot measures.
As state legislatures convene across the country this month, the Fairness Project is closely watching as reactionary politicians begin a new round of attacks on citizen-initiated ballot measures and gearing up to fight back.
Last week, the New York Times Editorial Board drew attention to the crucial role of ballot measures in protecting abortion rights, calling to further explore direct democracy as a method to protect reproductive freedom.
"We’re honored to be able to support the workers, organizers, and voters who have fought to guarantee wage increases for workers this January."
Extremist lawmakers are angling to dismantle the ballot measure process or at least make it virtually impossible for voters to pass laws.
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