WASHINGTON, DC — Voters in six states have approved citizen-led ballot measures to expand Medicaid, to provide health care coverage to more low-income adults under a key provision of the Affordable Care Act.
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Washington, DC – This week made clear that the stakes have never been higher for reproductive rights and women’s health care.
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Lansing, MI – Today, Fairness Project supports the Michigan Reproductive Freedom for All campaign as they launch the signature collection phase of the ballot measure campaign to affirm the fundamental right of every Michigander to have reproductive freedom in the Michigan state constitution.
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Lansing, MI – Today, Michigan for Fair Lending launched a ballot measure campaign aimed at capping interest rates on payday loans. Current law allows predatory payday lenders to charge more than 370% APR for small loans targeted at customers who are often in dire straits...
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Kelly Hall, Executive Director of Fairness Project, published an op-ed in Slate highlighting an under-the-radar campaign by Republican-dominated state legislatures to shut down the citizen-driven ballot measure process.
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Campaign coverage in Axios, Bloomberg, and the Washington Post highlight direct democracy campaign fighting back against attempts to make ballot measures inaccessible
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Sioux Falls, South Dakota – Today, voters in South Dakota filed a lawsuit against Proposed Constitutional Amendment C, alleging that Amendment C violates the state’s constitution. The suit explains that Amendment C is an attempt to aggregate votes by forcing South Dakota voters to cast one vote to decide two distinct issues. The proposed amendment
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Washington, DC– This week, Politico spotlighted the Fairness Project’s effort to expand Medicaid in South Dakota.
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