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.
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Working to pass these ballot initiatives is the Fairness Project, a group that was involved with 2022 and 2023 abortion victories in Michigan, Ohio, and Vermont. This cycle, the group is working with the ballot campaigns in Arizona, Florida, Missouri, and Montana by providing technical and strategic support and at least $15 million in funding.
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“It’s really hard to overstate how powerful this strategy has proven to be,” said Kelly Hall, the executive director of the Fairness Project, a nonpartisan group that supports ballot measures.
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The governor and others on the panel celebrated a Democratic presidential ticket that openly talks about the need for more protective laws since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Other panelists included Kelly Hall, Executive Director, Fairness Project.
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“At every turn, opponents of reproductive freedom and the right of voters to decide for themselves have challenged this grassroots, hugely popular amendment,” Kelly Hall, Executive Director of the Fairness Project, said in a statement.
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