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The Citizens Not Politicians Amendment aims to end gerrymandering in Ohio by empowering citizens, not politicians, to draw fair districts using an open and transparent process. If passed by voters, it will: Create a 15-member Ohio Citizens Redistricting Commission, ban current or former politicians, political party officials, and lobbyists from sitting on the Commission, and require fair and impartial districts by making it unconstitutional to draw voting districts that discriminate against or favor any political party or individual politician.

In Oklahoma, voters have collected enough signatures to place State Question 832 on the 2024 statewide ballot. If passed by voters, SQ 832 would gradually raise the state’s minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 by 2029.

Amendment 4 to Limit Government Interference with Abortion would establish in the Florida state constitution the right to an abortion before fetal viability. If successful, the amendment would overturn the state’s 15-week and 6-week abortion bans.

Better Jobs for Alaska is working to raise the current $11.73/hour minimum wage to $15/hour by 2027, mandate as much as 56 hours of annual paid sick leave for employees, and prohibit employers from requiring their employees to attend meetings on political and religious topics unrelated to their jobs.

A legislatively-referred constitutional amendment will ask Kentucky voters if the legislature should be allowed to direct public taxpayer funds to private or charter K-12 schools. The Kentucky Education Association, which represents tens of thousands of public school educators across the state, has warned that the measure would hurt every public school in the state if it passes.

Voters in South Carolina and seven other states will be asked to decide in November on initiatives that would mandate that only U.S. citizens can vote in state elections. Such proposals often stem from unfounded conspiracies on widespread voter fraud and advocates are concerned that such language furthers anti-immigrant sentiment.

North Dakota’s Constitutional Measure 2 would require a single-subject for initiatives and requires proposed constitutional initiatives to  be approved at both the primary and general election in order to become effective.

SB 1377 targets paid petition circulators, requiring that they verbally disclose to signers that they are paid, wear a badge indicating “Paid Petition Circulator”, and more. Unpaid circulators are required to complete a sworn affidavit attesting that they are volunteers and not being compensated. There will be harsh consequences for failure to comply with any of the provisions, including that any petition for a referendum campaign that fails to comply with the rules be voided.

Colorado’s GOP has formed an issue committee to support multiple initiative petitions restricting rights and healthcare for trans and LGBTQ+ youth. To date, there have been 30 anti-trans initiatives filed, 14 have had Title Board hearings, 7 have been rejected, and 14 were ultimately withdrawn.

I-2117 seeks to repeal the Climate Commitment Act, the strongest policy in the country to reduce pollution and protect the Evergreen State’s air and water quality. If passed, I-2117 would allow more pollution while cutting investments in clean air and water, fire prevention, and more.

A legislatively-referred measure seeks to increase the number of petition signatures required for citizens to be allowed to propose their own ballot initiatives to voters. To mount such a robust statewide signature-gathering campaign, advocates would need an immense amount of resources (financial, logistical, and otherwise) — effectively barring grassroots groups from being able to use the People’s Tool.