Every County Archives | American Democracy Minute A 90 second radio news report & podcast on U.S. democracy issues Mon, 15 May 2023 17:59:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/AmericanDemocracyMinuteLogo3_sm.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Every County Archives | American Democracy Minute 32 32 204031415 Rebroadcast from March 10, 2023: State Legislatures Attempting to Limit Voter Power by Making Citizen Ballot Initiatives Harder to Win https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2023/05/15/rebroadcast-from-march-10-2023-state-legislatures-attempting-to-limit-voter-power-by-making-citizen-ballot-initiatives-harder-to-win/ Mon, 15 May 2023 17:59:00 +0000 https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/?p=1528 From the American Democracy Minute Radio Report!

Rebroadcast from March 10th: In our January 2023 predictions for state anti-voter legislation, we anticipated efforts to make citizen ballot initiatives harder, to keep voters from passing reforms that political parties & legislatures don’t like. Sorry to say, we were right.

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The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for May 16, 2023

Since this broadcast, the Ohio legislature has passed a state constitutional amendment and a bill re-establishing an August date for a special election in hopes of pushing through its 60% margin for approval of a citizen ballot initiative. Brian Beihl will return with new episodes on Wednesday.

State Legislatures Attempting to Limit Voter Power by Making Citizen Ballot Initiatives Harder to Win

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