GOP state lawmakers try to restrict ballot initiatives

Voting rule changes: Republicans push ballot measures in key ...

A sign directs voters at a polling place in Milwaukee on November 8, 2022. Scott Olson/Getty Images. CNN —. Republican lawmakers and activists ...

Republicans Try To Derail Abortion Ballot Measures Weeks Before ...

Missouri: A Republican-appointed state judge ruled Friday that the state's abortion ballot measure—which would protect abortion rights until a ...

One-Party Control of State Politics Is Steamrolling Voters

This Is Why You Don't Recognize Your State Government. A trove of legislative and electoral data reveals that when one party secures control, ...

Lawmakers Eye Changes to Ballot Measures -- Passed and Future

Legislators are seeking to roll back some of the high-profile ballot measures that voters approved in November. They also want to make it ...

ArtI.S4.C1.2 States and Elections Clause - Constitution Annotated

An annotation about Article I, Section 4, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States.

Initiatives to the Legislature | Washington State House Republicans

An initiative to the Legislature is a measure that is initially introduced as proposed legislation alongside regular bills in the House and Senate.

Abortion is on the ballot in 10 states this year - The 19th News

While not all ballot measures are necessarily constitutional amendments, most of the efforts in 2024 are behind reshaping state constitutions to ...

Republican legislators hold hearing on abortion ballot initiative

As Republicans on the Law and Justice Interim Committee were preparing Thursday to vote whether or not to support CI-128, the abortion ...

Republican state lawmakers push for restrictions on voting | PBS News

CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE — As President Donald Trump hurls unfounded allegations of colossal fraud in last fall's election, lawmakers in at ...

Voters in several states could upend how their elections are run - NPR

Most of the proposals would replace party primaries with nonpartisan contests, where all candidates, regardless of party, appear on the same ballot.

The GOP War on Voting - Rolling Stone

In a campaign supported by the Koch brothers, Republicans are working to prevent millions of Democrats from voting next year.

New abortion-rights measures in 7 states could trigger legal ...

Widespread support for abortion rights continued to defy partisan labels in Tuesday's election, but several of the ballot measures that ...

Voters don't always have final say – state legislatures and governors ...

Election year 2024 will see citizen initiatives on the ballot across the country, some focused on abortion rights.

Republican leaders can't agree on bill to ban foreign money in Ohio ...

A Republican push to ban foreign contributions to ballot issue campaigns before a constitutional amendment on redistricting likely comes before Ohio voters ...

Missouri GOP cloaks a measure limiting ballot initiatives ... - KCUR

The Missouri House passed a GOP-backed bill that would increase the threshold needed for voter approval of a proposed constitutional amendment.

Abortion Rights on the Ballot in 2024 | Brennan Center for Justice

Politicians are using a variety of tactics to thwart most of the abortion rights initiatives citizens have placed on state ballots.

GOP push to tweak ballot-initiative process spurs backlash, debate ...

The push to change the ballot-initiative process in Utah and give state lawmakers more say in tweaking legislation that emerges from citizen-led initiatives is ...

2024 Ballot Question Pamphlet - South Dakota Secretary of State

Vote “No” to leave the Constitution as it is. The text of this constitutional amendment is 11 pages long with 25 sections. Pro – Constitutional Amendment E. Con ...

Ballot initiatives cast shadow over Washington legislative session

Democratic and Republican lawmakers want to work on climate, public safety, education and transportation. The measures could affect what gets accomplished.

Voters in at least seven states restore reproductive rights

In the first presidential election since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal right to an abortion, former President Donald Trump, who ...