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The Fairness Project has invested more than $250,000 into the South Dakotans for Fair Elections campaign to fight proposed Amendment C as part of its ongoing Ballot Measure Rescue Campaign work.
Yesterday, Fairness Project celebrated that Michiganders for Fair Lending submitted 405,625 petition signatures to the Michigan Secretary of State, an essential step in its campaign to pass a ballot measure that would cap interest rates on payday loans at 36%.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Today, the Oklahoma Legislature came to a close with the state ballot measure process intact, despite efforts to weaken it. Earlier this year, the Oklahoma House passed Joint Resolution 1059, which would have required constitutional amendments to pass with at least 55% of the vote instead of a simple majority.
The “Protect North Dakota’s Constitution” campaign failed to qualify their effort to require a three-fifths supermajority at the ballot box in order to change the state Constitution.
There’s a path forward in the states: If the Supreme Court does indeed overturn Roe, enshrining reproductive rights in state constitutions via ballot measures will guarantee the protection of reproductive health care for years to come, particularly in states where Republicans control the legislature.
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.
Today, the U.S. Senate failed to advance the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would have codified the right to abortion into federal law.
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.
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