CIR in Arizona

2014 and 2016 Citizens Initiative Review Pilots

Healthy Democracy has partnered with the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University to conduct two pilot Citizens Initiative Review processes in Arizona. The first pilot was on a City of Phoenix measure in 2014. The second pilot, the first Citizens’ Initiative Review process funded by the public, was held in 2016.

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2017: A Year in Review

December 22, 2017

Executive Director Robin Teater reviews our accomplishments in 2017 and looks ahead to the new year.

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A Case for Citizens’ Initiative Reviews of Criminal Justice Ballot Measures

August 8, 2017

HD's summer 2017 Nevins Fellow, Andy Puthenpurayil, argues that one often-distorted category of ballot measures – those dealing with 'three strikes' laws and other criminal justice matters – could particularly benefit from the clarity of a CIR-style review.

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The Human Heart is the First Home of Democracy*: A Farewell for Now

July 27, 2017

Program Director Jessie Conover writes a few goodbyes on her leaving Healthy Democracy and the world of deliberative democracy.

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