After citizens in Republican states used ballot measures to protect abortion, expand Medicaid and raise the minimum wage, statehouses are moving to make such initiatives much harder.
After a sweep of successful ballot measures in 2018 (weed, Medicaid, redistricting) Utah's Republican legislature made it 3x harder to do citizen-led ballot measures, so when Rs tried to place one themselves, they were stymied by their own rules. www.deseret.com/politics/202 ...
-- Julia Ritchey (@juliaritchey.bsky.social) Mar 26, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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