The Ballot Measure Wars
To fully understand how the measure process has been manipulated in recent years, we examined how legislators have tried to change the process.
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To fully understand how the measure process has been manipulated in recent years, we examined how legislators have tried to change the process.
When the gun lobby loses to democratic will, sheriffs take up the mantle by making a disreputable and debunked legalistic argument.
This vestige of Mississippi’s 1890 retrenchment of the doctrine of white supremacy remains in place over 130 years later.
Unable to attract the support of a majority of eligible voters, Republicans are left to try to rig the voting rules and exploit election loopholes.
We cannot let the focus on this one case, as important as it was, obscure the fact that threats to our democracy come in many forms.
Simply put, election officials cannot boost confidence in our elections without the proper resources.
By enacting bills aimed at local prosecutors, these states are stripping communities of their right to self-determination.
Never mind “Don’t mess with Texas.” Don’t mess with Gen-Z’s political empowerment in Texas and don’t tread on us.
On April 20, a leading voice in conservative politics said the quiet part out loud: Republicans should make it harder for young people to vote.
Our generation is disproportionately affected by gun violence, and though we bear the heaviest burden, our voices are often silenced the most.