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News
10/13/2022
BISC to Host Pre-Election Press Briefing on Ballot Measures on October 20, 2022
read more09/21/2022
Ballot Initiatives in Five States Would Abolish Slavery from State Constitutions
read more06/24/2022
With Roe Overturned, Ballot Initiatives Provide a Path Towards Reproductive Freedom
read more05/10/2022
California, Maine, New York, and Colorado Join the List of States Working to Protect Abortion Access Through Ballot Measures
read more05/03/2022
With SCOTUS Poised to Overturn Roe, Ballot Initiatives Offer Path to Protect Abortion Access
read more04/26/2022
BISC’S ROAD AHEAD ‘22 CONFERENCE ENVISIONS A WORLD WHERE “PEOPLE ARE NO LONGER JUST SURVIVING, THEY ARE THRIVING”
read more04/08/2022
Joint Statement on the Failed Restoration of Mississippi’s Ballot Initiative Process
read more04/05/2022
ICYMI: Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Executive Director Chris Melody Fields Figueredo’s Democracy Docket Op-Ed on the Importance of Ballot Measures
read more10/14/2021
The Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Launches Multi-Year National Defend Direct Democracy Campaign to Protect Ballot Measures Across the Country
read more06/28/2021
BISC’s Executive Director, Chris Melody Fields Figueredo, Speaks on Her 3 Year BISCiversary
read more04/20/2021
BISC Releases Statement on the Verdict in Derek Chauvin’s Trial for the Murder of George Floyd
read more01/13/2021
White Supremacy is America’s Greatest Threat: A Letter from BISC’s Executive Director
read more11/23/2020
BISC + Partners Release Executive Directors of Color Video: Relationships and Resilience Collective
read more09/19/2020
THE BALLOT INITIATIVE STRATEGY CENTER MOURNS THE LOSS OF JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG
read more08/18/2020
Ballot Initiative Strategy Center releases statement recognizing the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment
read more08/05/2020
Ballot Initiative Strategy Center releases statement as Missouri becomes the 6th state expand Medicaid through ballot measures
read more07/17/2020
Ballot Initiative Strategy Center releases statement following the Supreme Court’s decision to block hundreds of thousands of Floridians from voting this year
read more07/01/2020
Ballot Initiative Strategy Center releases statement following Oklahoma’s successful passage of Medicaid Expansion
read more06/19/2020
BISC releases statement on the importance of recognizing Juneteenth and Defending Black Lives
read more06/03/2020
Ballot Initiative Strategy Center releases statement recognizing Pride Month and the ongoing fight for equity and justice for all Americans
read more06/01/2020
BISC releases statement about the ongoing, state-sanctioned violence against the Black community
read more05/20/2020
Ballot Initiative Strategy Center Releases Statement on Successful Portland Initiative to Fight Homelessness
read more06/18/2020
Ballot Initiative Strategy Center releases statement on SCOTUS’ DACA decision and rejection of the Trump administration’s racist agenda
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Road Ahead is gonna be 🔥🔥🔥with @HRC_President @KelleyJRobinson as our keynote. https://twitter.com/BallotStrategy/status/1636392341786464256
It’s less than 2 months (!!) until we are reunited in Vegas for #RoadAhead23 and we are so thrilled to announce that our Keynote Speaker is the incredible @KelleyJRobinson — President of the @HumanRightsCampaign and HRC Foundation! 🤩👏🏿
"To preserve ballot measures for future generations, we must protect the ballot measure process itself — fighting for a more accessible process and lobbying against the restrictive legislation Republican politicians are eager to enact." 👏🏾
#DefendDirectDemocracy
Republicans aim to weaken ballot measure process after progressive victories https://ift.tt/MFfvdQs
🎉BREAKING: The Ohio Ballot Board has approved our language!
And now we need your support more than ever before.
📲Sign up to volunteer with our campaign: https://ohioansforreproductivefreedom.org/volunteer/
“This grassroots initiative—by and for the people of Ohio—will create common-sense guarantees for Ohioans’ freedom to make decisions about their own reproductive healthcare, including abortion,” — @KellCope of @OH_ReproFreedom
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2023/03/13/ohio-could-vote-to-protect-abortion-rights-as-latest-ballot-measure-moves-forward/
Our @CaliforniaLabor leader @LorenaSGonzalez's statement on today's court ruling upholding Prop 22:
"We’re seeing drivers all around the nation organizing for our vision, and today’s ruling certainly isn’t going to stop us," driver Jason Munderloh on today's ruling on #Prop22
Read the full statement here:
As we continue celebrating women for #WomensHistoryMonth, we uplift the ED of @BallotStrategy, @Fieldsy! They strengthen democracy by implementing a progressive natl. strategy for ballot measures rooted in building state-based power! Learn more at http://ballot.org #BISC
"Direct democracy shouldn’t include terms and conditions, but that’s exactly what Republicans have consistently proposed since the ballot initiative process was stripped from voters." 👏🏿
Must-read about what's REALLY going on with the "restoration" of #DirectDemocracy in MS. ⬇️
Yesterday, the only legislation left that could reinstate ballot initiative passed out of the House. It’ll head to conference next, and we’ll have more on that soon. For now, a joint statement from House Minority Leader @RepRJohnson and Senate Minority Leader @SenDTSimmons 👇
Click the link in our bio to listen to @democracydocket podcast episode with our Exec. Director @arekiasbennett discussing the impact of #HB1020 and the latest anti-democratic efforts in Mississippi’s long history of undermining Black voting power.
#msleg #Up2Us #mississippi
Lawmakers in Arkansas have passed a blatantly unconstitutional bill to undermine voters' right to direct democracy.
"Voters have made it absolutely clear that they do not want the Legislature making it harder for them to get things on the ballot, and we should listen to them."
Arkansas Senate OKs new requirement for ballot measures
#ARpx #ARleg
https://apnews.com/article/arkansas-ballot-measures-marijuana-casinos-medicaid-1f44e394c57fb37909798169bee45b60