Initiative Power

Attacks on state-level ballot initiatives are the latest step in a strategy to wrest political power from voters and place it squarely in the hands of increasingly unaccountable politicians and special interests.

Legislative Republicans are asking voters to make it harder to put voter initiatives on the ballot.

The ballot measure process has been critical to the success of nonpartisan reforms across the country. However, according to new research by RepresentUs, 11 states have proposed over 60 laws to make i

The rising cost of paying people to gather signatures is a challenge.

Are legislatures rejecting the “will of the people” or fixing their unworkable laws?

As our representative system has become less democratic and more oligarchical, ballot initiatives have become more important to passing majoritarian legislation. The Left should take note and proceed accordingly.

Signature matching—which one expert described as “witchcraft”—could lead to thousands of legitimate ballots being thrown out.