You might think you don't have to worry about voting rights until November, but legislative sessions are starting across the country - and so are attacks on ballot measures.

Learn more about our work to protect direct democracy at thefairnessproject.org

Free and fair elections are under attack.

Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans are trying to rig the midterm elections by manipulating congressional maps without voter approval.

Free and fair elections are under attack — and @fairelectionsva.bsky.social is fighting back.

Virginians just launched a ballot measure campaign to make sure voters — not politicians — decide who represents them.

If you've ever wanted to support our work to protect ballot measures and direct democracy, but haven't had the ability to do so financially, this is your chance.
www.credodonations.com/organization...

Missouri's People Not Politicians campaign (@peoplenotpolsmo.bsky.social) turned in 300,000+ signatures to BLOCK a gerrymandered map.

Thanks to the tireless work of volunteers, that map will be suspended until Missouri voters get to decide on the issue.
www.kansascity.com/news/politic...

We have turned in 305,968 signatures to give voters a say on politicians’ gerrymandered congressional map!

Voters in 23 states and DC have a constitutional right to change policy themselves—but politicians are working to inhibit their ability to do so.

TFP Executive Director Kelly Hall appeared on Meet the Press this past weekend to discuss this alarming trend.
www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-pre...

BREAKING: Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe has called a special legislative session, allowing representatives to pass a bill curbing voters’ access to direct democracy.

Not content with eroding the democratic process through gerrymandering, the governor is now also taking aim at ballot measures.

Direct democracy is under assault.

Politicians around the country are attempting to make it harder for their constituents to utilize ballot measures, a valuable tool that can be used to protect abortion access, raise wages, stop predatory lenders, expand Medicaid, secure paid leave, and more.

We’re witnessing a disturbing trend of legislators around the country attempting to silence the voice of the people by taking away or diminishing direct democracy.

We are fighting back.

Today marks 16 years since the last federal minimum wage increase. The bad news is that Washington politicians continue to fail working families by not raising the minimum wage in over a decade.

The good news is that voters can raise wages themselves at the state level—and many of them already have

How do we overturn abortion bans in red states, raise the minimum wage & expand Medicaid in places where Republicans won’t even pick up the phone—or hold a town hall? According to Kelly Hall of @fairnessproject.bsky.social we need to write the laws ourselves.🔥 youtube.com/shorts/waqcN...

We’ve made the switch! 👋We’re excited to keep bringing you updates on ballot measure news and campaigns across the country as we help organizers fight for change.