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FL Voters Decide Nov. 5th Whether to Keep Their Small Donor Matching Program, or Turn Funding of Campaigns Over to Special Interests

June 12, 2024June 12, 2024
Amendment 6, a repeal of Florida’s public funding of elections option, faces voters on November 5th.  Such small donor matching systems help candidates outside the political machine structure to compete, and can help limit special interest influence.
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Arizona Senate Committee Endorses Constitutional Amendment Ending the State’s Popular No-Excuse Mail-in and Early In-Person Voting

March 28, 2024March 28, 2024
An Arizona Senate committee March 18th endorsed a 2024 constitutional amendment ballot question which would end no-excuse mail-in voting, end in-person early voting, and remove county authority over voting locations. 
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Ohio Voters May See Both Voting Rights and Anti-Gerrymandering Amendments on the November 2024 Ballot

January 3, 2024January 3, 2024
After Ohio voters defeated a GOP attempt last year to make it harder to pass ballot initiatives, democracy groups are now proposing two constitutional amendment ballot measures to expand voting rights, and fix Ohio’s failed redistricting system.
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Ohio’s Politician-Led Redistricting Commission Failed.  Citizens Are Proposing a Citizen-Led Commission Instead.

August 14, 2023December 30, 2023
With 70% of the vote in 2018, Ohio voters passed a constitutional amendment prohibiting partisan gerrymandering. The state’s redistricting commission and legislature ignored it, and gerrymandered the voting district maps anyway. Citizens are now trying to fix what the politicians won’t.
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Ohioans Mobilize for Aug. 8 Special Election to Defeat Assault on Citizen Ballot Initiatives

May 30, 2023May 30, 2023
Ohioans are mobilizing against Issue 1, an effort by the anti-voter state legislature raising the bar to pass a citizen ballot initiative to 60%. The legislature’s proposed constitutional amendment comes up for a vote on August 8th.
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