BALLOT WATCH: State legislators introduce 100+ bills attacking ballot measure process in effort to strip power from voters
After voters passed popular laws to protect abortion rights and raise wages in 2024, reactionary politicians try to make ballot measures harder to win
Campaigns & Elections: How One Progressive Group is Trying to Retain Talent Between Elections
The Fairness Project, which supported abortion ballot measures in five states last cycle, is launching a talent-retention program in hopes of remaining on the offensive in 2025. The goal, the group’s executive director said, is to keep campaign leaders active in the off-year and avoid the brain drain among ballot measure campaigners.
Common Dreams: ‘A Triumph for All Missourians’
Kelly Hall, executive director of the Fairness Project, applauded the ruling as "a decisive win for the people, for reproductive freedom, and for direct democracy."
IN FIRST SINCE 2024 ELECTION, MISSOURI RE-ESTABLISHES ABORTION CARE, UPENDING STATE BAN
Missouri State Court Allows Clinics to Re-Establish Abortion Care, Upholding Voter-Initiated Ballot Measure Passed in November
Top Talent from 2024 Abortion Rights Ballot Campaigns Join New Initiative Aimed at Winning Progressive Ballot Measures in Midterms
Leading national ballot measure organization the Fairness Project invests in building the bench, as they look to keep expanding abortion access and making gains for working families via the ballot box in 2026
Ballot Measure Leader Sets Sights on Nebraska Effort to End Housing Discrimination
The Fairness Project, a major backer of the Lincoln for Fair Housing campaign, celebrates milestone as organizers turn in more than 15,000 signatures to qualify for the ballot
Nearly 8 Million Americans to get a Raise Beginning January 1 Thanks to Ballot Measures
Minimum wage workers in eight states to receive billions in increased pay in 2025 following ballot measure campaigns backed by the Fairness Project