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Roll Call: Hawley’s change of heart reflects evolving politics of Medicaid

Expanding Medicaid in red states has built political salience for the program and made it more difficult for Republican lawmakers to cut it, said Kelly Hall, executive director of the Fairness Project, which helped launch the Medicaid expansion ballot initiative campaigns.

The Independent: Mike Johnson opens the door to Medicaid cuts and the resulting political fallout

“The places that have expanded Medicaid are at real risk of losing their rural hospital infrastructure if the program is rolled back, and that is not just devastating to people who are beneficiaries of the Medicaid program, but anyone who lives in those communities, regardless of their type of insurance,” said Kelly Hall of the Fairness Project.

Rolling Stone: Trump and Republicans Are Leading an Open Assault on Free Elections

In 16 of the 23 states that allow ballot measures, Republican lawmakers are trying to make it more difficult for voters to get voter referendums on the ballot, says Kelly Hall of the Fairness Project, which has been tracking ballot measure laws.

NBC News: Republicans plow ahead with anti-abortion agenda in states where voters approved constitutional amendments

“Ballot measures have been a lifeline to working people in red and purple states, allowing them to make change even when politicians fail to represent their interests. Legislators are trying to systematically take that power away,” Kelly Hall, of the Fairness Project, a nonprofit organization that helps advance citizen-led ballot initiatives, said.

New York Times: The Three States That Are Especially Stuck if Congress Cuts Medicaid

“Expanding Medicaid anywhere protects it everywhere, which is now what we’re seeing today,” said Kelly Hall, executive director of the Fairness Project, the nonprofit that organized the constitutional amendment campaigns. She noted that her group expected the expansions would broaden support for the program in Washington.

Salon: Fear over Medicaid cuts across rural America could sway some Republicans

Kelly Hall, executive director of the Fairness Project, a union-back advocacy group that campaigns for progressive ballot initiatives, told Salon that even though the situation looks dire, the fact that 41 states have made Medicaid expansion a key part of their healthcare system gives residents there a way to fight back.

BALLOT WATCH: Legislation attacking healthcare, democratic process advance in South Dakota

State legislature seeks to roll back Medicaid expansion passed by voters through 2022 ballot measure For second time, lawmakers try to push through supermajority requirement to amend state constitution by ballot measure – a scheme voters previously rejected

Sirius XM Progress: Kelly Hall on Michaelangelo Signorile Show

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."

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

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