The Ballot Initiative Strategy Center is a movement building infrastructure organization

leveraging ballot measures across the United States to strengthen democracy

center people of color, queer, low-income, immigrant, Indigenous, and other marginalized communities

advance racial equity; build and transform power

and galvanize a new progressive base.

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Please join us in welcoming our newest BISCuit, Jennifer Parrish Taylor! 🤩 Jennifer is BISC's new Policy and Legal Advocacy Director, and we're so ...

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Today's #BlackHistoryMonth spotlight is dedicated to civil rights activist and writer James Baldwin, who once said, “I love America more than any ot...

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Happy #FreedomToMarryDay! Did you know that marriage equality measures passed everywhere they were on the ballot in 2024? Voters in California, Colo...

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Today's #BlackHistoryMonth spotlight is dedicated to @RoxaneGay74, the beloved author and professor known for writing Bad Feminist, Hunger, Difficult ...

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Today's #BlackHistoryMonth spotlight goes out to @KwamiAbdulBey — a former Road Ahead speaker, BISC Training Program graduate, and an Elections Coor...

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We know gathering together at Road Ahead this year will be particularly meaningful and important for all of us, which is why we have decided to extend...

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We're only a few weeks into legislative sessions, and BISC is already tracking 50 bills that aim to attack the #BallotInitiative process. Legislators ...

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This #BlackHistoryMonth, we honor legendary civil rights activist and former Congressman John Lewis, who reminds us: "Do not get lost in a sea of des...

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