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Kelly Hall, executive director of the Fairness Project, told More Perfect Union that the Medicaid expansion push in South Dakota represents the “broadest coalition that we’ve had in any of these campaigns that we’ve worked on,” adding that it includes “a lot of people who are Republicans.”
Kelly Hall, executive director of the Fairness Project, a progressive group that helps organize ballot measures, said the increasing polarization of state and federal politics is leaving voters with no other options to get their voices heard.
Executive Director of the Fairness Project Joined “When the People Decide” Podcast to Discuss the Successes and Challenges of Ballot Measures
Ballot measures have repeatedly proven to be an effective path to expand Medicaid and ensure individuals and their families can get the care they need by taking matters into their own hands.
"Kansans' victory this week over extremist state legislators showed us plainly: Ballot measures are the next frontier for protecting access to abortion care," said Kelly Hall, executive director of the Fairness Project.
The Fairness Project also works with ballot initiative organizers across the country — Jenna Spinelle talked with Kelly about some of the issues they’re working on right now and some of the issues that could be heading to state and municipal ballots in the coming years.
Ballot measures in the United States have repeatedly proven critical to carving a path for issues such as minimum wage increases, Medicaid expansion, paid leave, and more when partisan gridlock and extremist, out-of-step politicians dominate state legislatures.
This week, Politico, Forbes, TIME, and Vanity Fair covered Fairness Project Executive Director Kelly Hall's comments about the path forward for protecting access to abortion care through ballot measures after Kansas voters resoundingly defended abortion rights on Tuesday.
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