Massachusetts: State lawmakers working to make ballot questions more clear to voters
From WWLP 22 News: BOSTON (WWLP) – State lawmakers are working to make voting easier on election day. Ballot questions...
From WWLP 22 News: BOSTON (WWLP) – State lawmakers are working to make voting easier on election day. Ballot questions...
For the second time, the Oregon Citizens' Initiative Review has been named a Top 10 Innovations in American Government recipient by Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
From Fox & Hounds: Californians have a love-hate relationship with the Initiative process. Recent surveys by PPIC show that two-thirds...
From MassLive: Massachusetts voters who read an independently produced statement about the marijuana legalization ballot question felt better informed about...
Ashley Trim of the Davenport Institute at Pepperdine University writes about the challenges of the California initiative system and the unique democratic power of the Citizens Initiative Review. Via People2Power.
Davenport Institute for Public Engagement and Civic Leadership PRESS RELEASE What: For the first time in state history, the Citizens’...
From the Pepperdine University Graphic: The Pepperdine School of Public Policy is continuing its work from last semester on a...
From MassLive: Legalized marijuana in Massachusetts would be safer than marijuana bought on the black market, because it would be tested...
From Oregon Public Broadcasting: What happens when you put 20 average Oregonians in a room and ask them to spend four...
From the Albany Democrat-Herald: The members of the Citizens’ Initiative Review panel that was examining Measure 97, the proposal for...
From The Oregonian: Now that it has qualified for the ballot, there has been a predictable increase in public discourse about...
From the Albany Democrat-Herald: Next month, 24 randomly selected Oregon voters will gather at Western Oregon University in Monmouth to weigh the...
From MassLive: A group of politicians and academics — including former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis — are piloting a program to...
(Portland, OR) — Oregon’s unique Citizens’ Initiative Review Commission has sent a special mailing to 10,000 randomly selected registered voters...
From Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government: Cambridge, Mass. – May 5, 2015 – Today the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and...
From NPR: Ben Hamilton walks down the salad dressing aisle at his neighborhood grocery store in west Denver. The human resources...
From KDRV Newswatch 12: CENTRAL POINT, Ore. — The statewide debate about labeling foods containing genetically modified organisms might not...
From KUNC: Colorado voters will have extra help making up their minds about a ballot initiative to label genetically modified foods....
From The Portland Tribune: If the vote by a Citizens’ Initiative Review panel is any indication, the arguments will be robust...
From The Oregonian: A 20-member citizens panel has narrowly voted against recommending passage of the Oregon Mandatory Labeling of GMOs initiative....
From KOIN 6: A citizen review panel is narrowly opposing an Oregon ballot measure to require labeling of genetically modified foods....
From Herald and News: A panel chosen for a citizen-level review of ballot measures isn’t persuaded that Oregon should ditch its...
From The Medford Mail Tribune: Following are the key findings on Measure 15-119 — which would ban genetically modified crops in...
From KOBI: They spent the last four days getting educated about what’s being called the most complex measure on any ballot...
From KDRV Newswatch 12: This May, Southern Oregon will be asked to decide between several measures and candidates in the...
HD's summer 2017 Nevins Fellow, Andy Puthenpurayil, argues that one often-distorted category of ballot measures – those dealing 'three strikes' laws and other criminal justice matters – could particularly benefit from the clarity of a CIR-style review.
Program Director Jessie Conover writes a few goodbyes on her leaving Healthy Democracy and the world deliberative democracy.
Robin Teater writes a goodbye to our beloved program director, Jessie Conover.
© 2017 Healthy Democracy