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“Before now, voters had never taken up medical debt on a statewide ballot measure, but Arizonans have charted a path forward to take on predatory lenders through direct democracy,” said Kelly Hall, executive director of the Fairness Project – a national non-profit which helped fund and organize around the initiative.

“Before now, voters had never taken up medical debt on a statewide ballot measure, but Arizonans have charted a path forward to take on predatory lenders through direct democracy," Fairness Project executive director Kelly Hall said in a statement Wednesday.

"In red states, purple states and blue states alike, voters do not want to see more restrictions on abortion, and they also don't trust politicians to make this decision for them that are taking matters into their own hands at the ballot box," said Kelly Hall, the executive director of The Fairness Project.

“The results are a very clear message,” says Kelly Hall, executive director of the Fairness Project, a progressive group that advances ballot measures, including the Michigan and Vermont abortion referendums.

“South Dakotans know their families and neighbors deserve health care without going into debt or avoiding check-ups, procedures, and medication they need,” said Kelly Hall, executive director of The Fairness Project, which backed the measure.

"South Dakota has felt like the most challenging of the Medicaid expansion fights that we've taken on, and a lot of things could have gone wrong along the way," Kelly Hall said, lauding the coalition her group and others built to get the measure passed.

“South Dakotans know their families and neighbors deserve healthcare without going into debt or avoiding check-ups, procedures and medication they need,” Kelly Hall, executive director of the Fairness Project, a progressive organization that supports ballot initiatives, said in a news release.