Follow the latest news coverage and media releases from the Fairness Project as we work to win and protect ballot measures across the country.
For the second straight legislative session, Mississippi state legislators have refused to restore the state’s ballot measure process — leaving voters without the right to put issues on the statewide ballot themselves.
We have witnessed millions of voters step up to carry the torch forward and expand health care access to as many Americans as possible.
On Friday, the Fairness Project was featured on NPR’s flagship news show, All Things Considered, which highlighted the nonpartisan nonprofit’s record of winning ballot measure campaigns on progressive issues in red and purple states.
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.
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