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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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October 25, 2024
The Next Front in the Fight Over Homelessness Is on the Arizona Ballot
Geoff Hing
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Pascal Sabino
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August 5, 2024
Direct Democracy Scores a Win in Michigan’s High Court. Can It Survive November?
Quinn Yeargain
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July 12, 2024
Utah’s Highest Court Safeguards the People’s Right to Direct Democracy
Quinn Yeargain
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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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April 4, 2024
Mississippi Keeps the Door Firmly Shut on Ballot Initiatives
Daniel Nichanian
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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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February 9, 2024
Faced with ‘Cop City’ Referendum Push, Atlanta Changes Up Its Election Rules
Piper French
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January 4, 2024
Twelve Questions Shaping Democracy and Voting Rights in 2024
Michael Barajas
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Alex Burness
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Daniel Nichanian
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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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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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November 10, 2022
The Ballot Measures That Revamped Voting on Tuesday
Camille Squires
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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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July 13, 2022
In California Cities, a New Frontier for Public Financing of Elections
Spenser Mestel
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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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