Fairness Project Recognizes 13th Anniversary of Affordable Care Act
We have witnessed millions of voters step up to carry the torch forward and expand health care access to as many Americans as possible.
Heartland Signal: Republican-led state legislatures working to limit the ballot initiative process
In recent years, the ballot initiative process has seen many traditional progressive policy ideas pass, even in red or purple states. According to the Fairness Project, a nonprofit organization that helps support progressive ballot measures, dozens of initiatives have passed with bipartisan support in recent years
Politico: Abortion on the ballot? Not if these Republican lawmakers can help it.
“I call these bills ‘death by a thousand cuts,’” said Kelly Hall, the executive director of the progressive ballot initiative group The Fairness Project. “When you hear about each one in isolation, they seem like not that big a deal. But taken together, they have an exclusionary effect on people’s participation in democracy.”
Fairness Project Featured on NPR’s ‘All Things Considered’
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 Spotlights the Fairness Project’s Record of Winning Progressive Ballot Measures in Red 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.
NPR: This group gets left-leaning policies passed in red states. How? Ballot measures
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.
Project Syndicate: Revitalizing American Democracy Where It Counts
There have also been recent successes with ballot measures for economic and social justice, owing to the work of the Fairness Project. Founded in 2015 by SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West, the project has won 31 of 33 ballot measures (affecting 18 million people) to raise wages, stop predatory payday lenders, expand health-care access, and more.
Stateline Covers Attacks On Ballot Measures In The Wake Of Progressive Victories On Health Care, Abortion, Minimum Wage
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.