Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
Defending Direct Democracy — In recent years, a number of politicians have tried to undermine ballot initiatives that voters already approved. Now, they are trying to make it harder for voters to propose and pass ballot initiatives altogether. In this session, you'll learn more about this unprecedented trend and how we can work together to preserve the people’s tool.
Gina Moore + Senior Manager, Defend Direct Democracy + Ballot Initiative Strategy Center
Sarah Walker, Director of Legal & Policy Advocacy; BISC
Statehouse Futures (www.statehousefutures.org) is an annual gathering that features panels on transformative policies your fellow leaders plan to push next year and workshops on approaches to help you raise up big ideas in your state — from maximizing voter participation to tackling monopoly power, protecting reproductive rights to promoting non-carceral first responders, creating green buildings to building social housing, running for office to protecting direct democracy and more. The event is co-hosted by the Democracy Policy Network, the Run for Something Action Fund, and the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center.
Defending Direct Democracy — In recent years, a number of politicians have tried to undermine ballot initiatives that voters already approved. Now, they are trying to make it harder for voters to propose and pass ballot initiatives altogether. In this session, you'll learn more about this unprecedented trend and how we can work together to preserve the people’s tool.
Gina Moore + Senior Manager, Defend Direct Democracy + Ballot Initiative Strategy Center
Sarah Walker, Director of Legal & Policy Advocacy; BISC
Statehouse Futures (www.statehousefutures.org) is an annual gathering that features panels on transformative policies your fellow leaders plan to push next year and workshops on approaches to help you raise up big ideas in your state — from maximizing voter participation to tackling monopoly power, protecting reproductive rights to promoting non-carceral first responders, creating green buildings to building social housing, running for office to protecting direct democracy and more. The event is co-hosted by the Democracy Policy Network, the Run for Something Action Fund, and the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center.
