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November 25, 2024
How California’s Embrace of a Tough-on-Crime Measure May Undo a Decade of Reform
Victoria Valenzuela
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November 7, 2024
Arizonans Defeat Three GOP Measures That Would Have Restricted Their Voting Power
Pascal Sabino
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November 5, 2024
Ohioans Reject Redistricting Reform, Protecting GOP Gerrymanders
Daniel Nichanian
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October 28, 2024
Anti-Gerrymandering Groups Warn That Ohio’s Ballot Language Is Misleading Voters
Daniel Nichanian
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May 17, 2024
Arizona Republicans Set Up a Ballot Measure to Squash Future Ballot Measures
Pascal Sabino
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March 21, 2024
Ballot Measure May Scare Away the People Who Help Run Wisconsin Elections
Alex Burness
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February 29, 2024
Red State AGs Keep Trying to Kill Ballot Measures by a Thousand Cuts
Camille Squires
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November 14, 2023
After Ohioans Legalize Weed, GOP Leaders Already Want to Roll Back Key Reforms
Alex Burness
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October 31, 2023
If Abortion Measure Fails, Ohioans on Parole And Probation Could Face Graver Restrictions
Piper French
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August 24, 2023
Louisiana First in the Nation to Vote on Banning Private Elections Funding
Alex Burness
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August 16, 2023
‘We Have a Right to Put It on the Ballot’: How Organizers Are Defending Direct Democracy
Daniel Nichanian
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August 9, 2023
Ohioans Reject GOP Effort to Weaken Direct Democracy, in Big Win for Abortion Rights
Cameron Joseph
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June 1, 2023
“An Attempt to Fool Voters”: Ohio GOP Sets Up Vote To Weaken Direct Democracy
Cameron Joseph
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March 20, 2023
“An Attack on Direct Democracy in Arkansas”
Daniel Nichanian
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March 8, 2023
Oklahomans Reject Recreational Weed in Low-Turnout Election
Daniel Nichanian
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December 8, 2022
In Rejecting Voter ID Measure, Arizonans Bucked History and Surprised Advocates
Alex Burness
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September 21, 2022
Four Ballot Measures Threaten to Undercut Direct Democracy in Arizona and Arkansas
Quinn Yeargain
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September 9, 2022
Michigan Republicans Stumble in Dress Rehearsal for Overturning Future Elections
Daniel Nichanian
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June 8, 2022
South Dakotans Refuse to Weaken Ballot Initiatives, Keeping Hopes Alive for Medicaid Expansion
Daniel Nichanian
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May 30, 2022
“A Systematic Assault”: GOP Rushes to Change Election Rules to Block Medicaid in South Dakota
Quinn Yeargain
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