Media Releases

The United States Supreme Court’s decision today to overturn Roe v. Wade and eliminate the constitutional right to abortion established nearly 50 years ago means that state-level action is urgently needed to codify abortion rights.

This week, Salon and The Nation spotlighted the Fairness Project’s successful campaign to defeat Amendment C in South Dakota’s primary election. 

This week, Forbes, The Washington Post, POLITICO and other national media outlets spotlighted the Fairness Project’s successful campaign to defeat Amendment C in yesterday’s primary election.

Tonight, Fairness Project declared a win for democracy in South Dakota after South Dakotans for Fair Elections defeated Amendment C in today’s primary election.

Today, South Dakotans will confront an effort at the ballot box to weaken direct democracy in the form of Amendment C, an attempt to require 60% of votes cast to win most future ballot measures.

The Fairness Project has invested more than $250,000 into the South Dakotans for Fair Elections campaign to fight proposed Amendment C as part of its ongoing Ballot Measure Rescue Campaign work. 

Yesterday, Fairness Project celebrated that Michiganders for Fair Lending submitted 405,625 petition signatures to the Michigan Secretary of State, an essential step in its campaign to pass a ballot measure that would cap interest rates on payday loans at 36%.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Today, the Oklahoma Legislature came to a close with the state ballot measure process intact, despite efforts to weaken it. Earlier this year, the Oklahoma House passed Joint Resolution 1059, which would have required constitutional amendments to pass with at least 55% of the vote instead of a simple majority.