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With control of Congress now split, a divided Washington means state ballot measures will be an even more important path for political action, says Kelly Hall, executive director of the Fairness Project, an organization that uses ballot measures to support economic and social justice.
Let’s be clear about what this announcement means: Ohio Republicans are planning a power grab next year in order to diminish voters’ power at the ballot box. They know voters don’t agree with them on the issues, so they are changing the rules of the game.
On this edition of Your Call, we're discussing propositions that passed across the country. Guests: Sam Rosenthal, political director at RootsAction and Hannah Ledford, campaigns director at The Fairness Project.
A liberal group, the Fairness Project, was behind a wave of successful ballot measures last week, capitalizing on the gap between voters and Republican lawmakers on issues like abortion and Medicaid expansion.
Residents of Los Angeles County voted to empower the county’s Board of Supervisors to remove a sitting sheriff for cause — a major step towards accountability for the L.A. Sheriff’s Department.
Last week, Axios spotlighted the Fairness Project’s success over the past six years at the ballot box, helping local organizations to win ballot measure campaigns on issues that otherwise would have little chance of passing through state legislatures in deep red and purple states.
On Election Day, the Fairness Project expanded its winning record by securing six new ballot measure victories on key progressive policies to benefit working people in America.
That’s according to Kelly Hall, executive director of the Fairness Project, which funds and organizes more progressive state ballot measure efforts across the country. The group helped pay for and oversee message testing for Michigan and Vermont as the campaigns were kicking into high gear this summer.
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