Media Releases

Washington, DC – Last week, Governor Ron DeSantis signed a law to limit out-of-state contributions to political committees trying to place proposed constitutional amendments on the Florida ballot. This law is a thinly veiled attempt to obstruct every citizen initiative from the 2022 ballot.

Washington, DC – This week marks the end of the 2022 Mississippi legislative session, and lawmakers in Jackson failed to advance legislation that would have revived the process of direct democracy in the state.

Washington, DC – This week, lawmakers in Oklahoma City advanced legislation to limit direct democracy and restrict the ballot measure process in the state.

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.

Washington, DC – This week made clear that the stakes have never been higher for reproductive rights and women’s health care.

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.

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...

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.