Many state leaders are fighting to restrict access to this tool of democracy—or get rid of ballot initiatives altogether. While challenges to voting rights in states across the country captured the news cycle throughout much of the last two years, those same forces also seek to make it more difficult to engage in direct democracy.
With 12 states battling restrictive bills to limit citizen-led initiatives, the “democracy reform movement” is stepping up across the country to save them. If legislators are successful in making it harder for people to use ballot initiatives, will politics still be within reach of the everyday citizen? Follow along as these campaigns play out in Idaho and Missouri.
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Resources
Show Me Integrity
The Fairness Project
David Daley's books Unrigged and Ratf*cked
Local News Matters: Public policy as a tool to support local news
Taking a civic leap of faith
From news deserts to civic media
Winning the democracy lottery
Libraries as civic spaces
Putting money and power in the people's hands
Peeling back the curtain on local government
Season 2 coming soon!
Equal rights, not special rights: A follow up
Introducing: Democracy Decoded
Ballot initiatives in 2022 and beyond
For the many or the few?
The invisible third party of reform
A matter of life and death
Bastard Nation finds its voice
Equal rights, not special rights
America, fast forward
What happens when the people decide?
Introducing: When the People Decide
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