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Citizen Ballot Initiatives Help Voters Bypass Extreme Legislatures. But Expect More Attempts to Block Those Initiatives in 2025

December 23, 2024December 23, 2024

As voters turn to ballot initiatives to bypass extreme legislatures, legislatures are manipulating initiative rules to protect their partisan power. Expect more such attacks on direct democracy in 2025.

Ohio Voters Bill of Rights Ballot Measure Finally Authorized to Collect Signatures

December 16, 2024December 16, 2024

Following up our report on states which have passed a voting rights act comes an authorization to collect signatures for the Ohio Voters Bill of Rights, protecting voters from suppression tactics, and implementing reforms like automatic voter registration. The State of Ohio tried to reject it.

High Turnout of Conservative Voters Also Led to Losses for Democracy Reform in Ohio, Nevada, Colorado and Potentially Alaska

November 6, 2024November 6, 2024

Democracy reform-related citizen ballot initiatives failed November 5th, as high turnout of GOP voters and deceptive messaging overwhelmed a citizen-led redistricting commission, open primaries and ranked choice voting.

Polling Shows Ohio Voters Lean Toward Passing Citizen-Led Redistricting Commission Ballot Measure, Despite Disinformation from State Officials

October 15, 2024October 15, 2024

We’ve reported for months about state officials in heavily-gerrymandered Ohio attempting to derail a citizen-led redistricting commission ballot measure. Despite disinformation from those state officials, polling shows voters are leaning toward passing the constitutional amendment in November.

Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Intentionally Misleading Description for Citizen Redistricting Ballot Measure

September 17, 2024September 17, 2024

In a dubious decision, the Ohio Supreme Court mostly upheld the state ballot board’s intentionally misleading description for a citizen redistricting commission measure for the November ballot.