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Today, advocates for reproductive freedom announced the launch of a ballot measure campaign, backed by the Fairness Project, to end the extreme abortion ban in Missouri and guarantee that patients can make their own health decisions without interference from politicians. 

Today, a groundbreaking campaign for workers’ rights in Alaska turned in more than 41,000 signatures to qualify a ballot measure for the 2024 general election. The Better Jobs for Alaska campaign, which is supported by the Fairness Project, far exceeded the requirement of 26,705 valid signatures.

On January 1, the minimum wage in several states will increase as a result of Fairness Project-backed ballot measure campaigns. While Congress has not passed a federal minimum wage increase since 2009, the Fairness Project has supported and won 10 ballot measure campaigns in several states and localities to raise the minimum wage.

The Fairness Project today released its 2023 in Review memo, looking back at crucial ballot measure victories in Ohio this year and providing a preview for the next major fights in 2024.

The Fairness Project announced this week that it will lead a panel of experts at South by Southwest 2024 in Austin, Texas, in a discussion about the power of direct democracy to drive change and progress on issues such as health care, minimum wage, and reproductive rights.

Ohioans today voted to approve Issue 1, a ballot measure that will codify reproductive freedom, including abortion rights, in the state’s constitution. The Ohioans United for Reproductive rights campaign, supported by the Fairness Project, won its “Yes” campaign Tuesday night.

Ohio voters head to the polls today to decide on a crucial ballot measure to secure their reproductive rights — the second major battleground state, after Michigan, to vote on a citizen-initiated abortion rights measure since the fall of Roe v. Wade.

With less than a week until Election Day for a crucial abortion rights ballot measure in Ohio, advocates for reproductive freedom are exceeding their get-out-the-vote goals and seeing record turnout for early voting.