On Monday, Wendy Davis, lawyer, politician, and the founder of Deeds Not Words, published an op-ed in NBC Think, highlighting a groundbreaking ballot measure in Michigan that could set the stage to codify Roe v. Wade’s protections in states across the country.
We talk with Kelly Hall of the Fairness Project, which is gathering signatures to put a referendum on the ballot this fall to bypass the legislature and take the matter directly to voters. If they approve it, the measure would amend the state’s constitution to make reproductive freedom a right.
Today, Fairness Project Executive Director Kelly Hall appeared on Crooked’s What A Day podcast to discuss how voters can use the citizen-initiated ballot measure process to codify access to abortion and reproductive health care — starting with a campaign in Michigan to pass a constitutional amendment this year.
Today, the Fairness Project declared a win for democracy in Oklahoma after a resolution to make it more difficult for voters to use ballot measures failed to move forward in the state Senate.
Kelly Hall, the Executive Director of Fairness Project, appeared on The Oklahoma News Report, an OETA PBS program, to condemn legislation moving through the Oklahoma legislature that could block citizen-led campaigns from placing questions on the ballot through Oklahoma’s referendum process.
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