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Wednesday, April 08, 2026

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.

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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 ...

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-- Julia Ritchey (@juliaritchey.bsky.social) Mar 26, 2026 at 5:25 PM

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Tell me again how the GOP is not now the Fascist Party.

#1 | Posted by e1g1 at 2026-04-08 10:36 AM | Reply

I mean...let's get serious: We can't have the populace getting what they WANT, can we???
~Today's so-called Republicans

#2 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-04-08 10:53 AM | Reply

God in their own imaginations is on THEIR side. Meanwhile, there's evidence-based reality

#3 | Posted by hamburglar at 2026-04-08 11:20 AM | Reply

It's a confusing issue that's being argued in Utah.

But this confusion is intended and it's a strategy that's counted on because voters are just too damn lazy to show up or even give a ----.

They don't understand gerrymandering or redistricting (people can't even make the distinction) and it allows parties to get away with some real shady ----.

#4 | Posted by eberly at 2026-04-08 11:24 AM | Reply

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