A left-leaning advocacy group called the Fairness Project has created a playbook for using ballot initiatives to go around GOP-led state legislatures. Since 2016, it has backed successful initiatives to raise the minimum wage and expand Medicaid.
BALLOT WATCH: State legislators introduce 100+ bills attacking ballot measure process in effort to strip power from voters
After voters passed popular laws to protect abortion rights and raise wages in 2024, reactionary politicians try to make ballot measures harder to win
IN FIRST SINCE 2024 ELECTION, MISSOURI RE-ESTABLISHES ABORTION CARE, UPENDING STATE BAN
Missouri State Court Allows Clinics to Re-Establish Abortion Care, Upholding Voter-Initiated Ballot Measure Passed in November
Top Talent from 2024 Abortion Rights Ballot Campaigns Join New Initiative Aimed at Winning Progressive Ballot Measures in Midterms
Leading national ballot measure organization the Fairness Project invests in building the bench, as they look to keep expanding abortion access and making gains for working families via the ballot box in 2026
Ballot Measure Leader Sets Sights on Nebraska Effort to End Housing Discrimination
The Fairness Project, a major backer of the Lincoln for Fair Housing campaign, celebrates milestone as organizers turn in more than 15,000 signatures to qualify for the ballot
Nearly 8 Million Americans to get a Raise Beginning January 1 Thanks to Ballot Measures
Minimum wage workers in eight states to receive billions in increased pay in 2025 following ballot measure campaigns backed by the Fairness Project
NEW REPORT: Ballot Measures Ushered in Massive Wins for Abortion Rights and Working Families, Even in Deep Red States
Leading ballot measure organization the Fairness Project overturned abortion bans for 5.6M women of reproductive age, secured sick leave for 1M+, and raised wages for 560,000 Americans in red and purple states
Rolling Stone: How to Build Political Power When You Have None
Citizen-led ballot measures triumphed on Tuesday, even as Democrats flopped — and could offer hope of progress in the next Trump era.
Abortion Rights, Economic Justice Ballot Measures Win With Voters Nationwide
Despite unprecedented interference with direct democracy, voters across party lines support reproductive rights, workers’ rights in record numbers on Election Day