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Initiative Power
Utah Court Rules State Leaders Cannot Throw out Voter Initiatives
Montana Supreme Court allows signatures of inactive voters to count on ballot petitions
Montana's Supreme Court is allowing the signatures of inactive voters to count on petitions seeking to qualify constitutional initiatives for the November ballot, including one to protect abortion rights.
Oregon voters will face few ballot measures this fall
Oregonians will likely decide just four or possibly five ballot measures this fall as only a pair of citizen-led initiatives appear to have garnered enough signatures by Friday’s deadline.
Signature-gathering effort fails for measure that would have provided public money for private education
Proponents of a school voucher-like system have failed to collect enough signatures to put a proposed measure on the November 2024 ballot.
What Does Hawaii Have In Common With These Red States? A Fear Of Direct Democracy
Mainland Republicans are trying to roll back the rights of citizens to pursue statewide ballot initiatives but island Democrats have never allowed it either.
States are Making it Harder for Ballot Initiatives to Pass
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.
Voters to decide on measure that changes citizen initiative process | Arizona Capitol Times
Legislative Republicans are asking voters to make it harder to put voter initiatives on the ballot.
Lawmakers Strike Back Against Voter-Approved Ballot Measures
Are legislatures rejecting the “will of the people” or fixing their unworkable laws?
Signature Matching Is the 'Witchcraft' of Elections - The Atlantic
Signature matching—which one expert described as “witchcraft”—could lead to thousands of legitimate ballots being thrown out.
Ballot Initiatives Are the Hidden Voting Rights Issue in This Election Cycl
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.
Pandemic Petition Woes Derail Candidates, Ballot Initiatives | The Pew Char
The rising cost of paying people to gather signatures is a challenge.
The Citizen Ballot Initiative Process Is Under Attack | Independent Voter N
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
Pandemic leads to unusually short list of ballot measures | State | bendbul
Coronavirus Could Kill Many Oregon Ballot Initiative Campaigns . News | OPB
Direct Legislation by the Citizenship Through the Initiative and Referendum - James William Sullivan - Google Books
Oregon Appeals Court: Secretary Of State Should Not Have Rejected Ballot Me
The ruling by a three-judge panel is the most authoritative opinion yet in a monthslong battle over how Secretary of State Bev Clarno handles ballot measures.
Initiative process leaves individuals feeling cut out
Editorial: House should let petition bill die;
Oregon Senate Approves Controversial Restrictions On Electronic Voter Petit
Democratic lawmakers are moving to more tightly regulate electronic petitions, which are becoming more popular for initiative, recall and referendum campaigns in Oregon.
Editorial: Initiative bill smacks of voter suppression - oregonlive.com
Senate Bill 761, which seeks to restrict a popular way by which Oregonians get initiatives on the ballot, would help legislators keep tight control over what becomes – and what stays law. Legislators should trust their voters and reject this bill.
Editorial: Democrats stack the deck against ballot measure;
As Critics of the New Corporate Tax Increase Ponder Referring It to Voters,
Democrats seek to make referring a new corporate tax measure to the ballot more difficult by changing the law on electronic signature gathering.
Lukens column: Voter suppression, Oregon style; Unions, with Democratic hel
Oregon’s citizen initiative petition system would be rejuvenated with onlin