A left-leaning advocacy group called the Fairness Project has created a playbook for using ballot initiatives to go around GOP-led state legislatures. Since 2016, it has backed successful initiatives to raise the minimum wage and expand Medicaid.
$15 Minimum Wage, Paid Sick Leave Measure Moves Forward in Missouri
Last week, Missourians for Healthy Families and Fair Wages took a significant step forward in their campaign for workers rights, submitting over 210,000 signatures to qualify their ballot measure for the November 2024 ballot.
Jezebel: Despite Pathetic Efforts From Anti-Abortion Groups, Missouri Submits Almost 400,000 Signatures for Ballot Measure
“This milestone for the Missourians for Constitutional Freedom campaign means that voters are one step closer to being able to use the ballot measure process to secure their rights this November, and we are excited to be standing with them in that fight,” Kelly Hall, executive director of the Fairness Project, said.
The 19th: Missouri abortion ballot measure moves ahead — despite many attempts to thwart it
Kelly Hall, executive director of The Fairness Project, said Missouri is “a poster child for what can be achieved through direct democracy” with proper investment. The Fairness Project supports progressive ballot measure campaigns around the country, including current efforts to put abortion on the ballot in Missouri, Arizona, Florida and Montana.
Common Dreams: Missouri Coalition Delivers Signatures to Get Abortion Rights on November Ballot
Kelly Hall, executive director of the Fairness Project, which has backed various abortion rights ballot initiatives across the country over the past few years, welcomed the successful signature collection campaign in Missouri on Friday.
Abortion on the Ballot: Missourians for Constitutional Freedom Submit Over 380,000 Signatures to Qualify Ballot Measure
The campaign, supported by the Fairness Project, submitted over 380,000 signatures to qualify their constitutional amendment, which would overturn the active ban on abortion in Missouri that is among the strictest in the country.
REPORT: State Legislatures Continue Attacks on Direct Democracy in 2024
Today, the Fairness Project released a new report, Ballot Measure Attacks in 2024, outlining the state of threats to direct democracy and active legislation designed to prevent voters from having a say at the ballot box.
KTVH: Advocates begin campaign to get Montana abortion amendment on November ballot
PPAMT is one of the main organizations backing Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights, the committee sponsoring Constitutional Initiative 128. Other partners include the ACLU of Montana, Forward Montana and the Fairness Project.
Abortion Rights Ballot Measure Launches in Montana
Today, Montanans Securing Reproductive Rights officially launched their signature collection drive to put abortion on the ballot this November.