Our California ballot ... the initiative (in which citizens can introduce a law) and the referendum (in which they veto one passed by lawmakers) as a cure for the era’s populist and progressive ...

Citizens’ ballot efforts look bound to face costly and complex new barriers under legislation poised for final approval in ...

The signatures must first be reviewed by election officials before being cleared for the November ballot. The initiative initially faced a lawsuit that claimed the measure was vague and would ...

Why it matters: Direct democracy is hot – particularly in an era ... ballot measures because of the high turnout, said Chris Melody Fields Figueredo, the executive director at the Ballot ...

Boxes containing signatures supporting a proposed ballot measure to scale back Arkansas ... The lawsuit argues that the ...

The Senate Fiscal Policy Committee on Tuesday approved a measure aimed at imposing additional hurdles on the ballot-initiative process and heightening penalties for wrongdoing. Lawmakers are ...

Meanwhile, Initiative #13, the measure that has been approved, states simply that the state will end the reintroduction of gray wolves by Dec. 31, 2026. Critics of both ballot measure pointed out ...

Proposition 114 was passed by voters 51% to 49% in 2020 to reintroduce wolves. The new measure is Ballot Initiative 13, which calls for repealing what voters approved in 2020 by putting an end to ...

Dem Lawmaker Retiring Months After Beating Out AOC for Key Committee Post Progressive Minnesota ... Missouri passed a ballot initiative that overturned a near-total abortion ban and made abortion ...

Missouri voters legalized abortion and instituted a paid sick leave policy through the voter-led initiative ... sick leave at the ballot box last November — progressive measures in a state ...