Media Releases

This November’s election is likely to have abortion- and reproductive rights-related ballot measures in more states than ever before. The Fairness Project is working with local coalitions to support these efforts in several of the 23 states that allow citizen-initiated ballot measures.

This year, numerous state legislatures have advanced bills to further restrict voters’ agency to pass laws at the ballot box, with some being referred to voters for the 2024 election.

The proposed amendment, SJR74, would have required citizen-initiated ballot measures to pass by a majority of voters statewide as well as a majority of congressional districts —  meaning that a minority would be able to veto the will of the majority.

The Fairness Project will lead a panel at this year’s Netroots Nation conference in Baltimore, Maryland, the largest annual convention of progressive leaders and organizers.

Last week, Missourians for Healthy Families and Fair Wages took a significant step forward in their campaign for workers rights, submitting over 210,000 signatures to qualify their ballot measure for the November 2024 ballot. 

The campaign, supported by the Fairness Project, submitted over 380,000 signatures to qualify their constitutional amendment, which would overturn the active ban on abortion in Missouri that is among the strictest in the country.

Today, the Fairness Project released a new report, Ballot Measure Attacks in 2024, outlining the state of threats to direct democracy and active legislation designed to prevent voters from having a say at the ballot box.

Today, Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights officially launched their signature collection drive to put abortion on the ballot this November.