The Ballot Initiative Strategy Center is a movement building infrastructure organization

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leveraging ballot measures across the United States to strengthen democracy

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center people of color, queer, low-income, immigrant, Indigenous, and other marginalized communities

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advance racial equity; build and transform power

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and galvanize a new progressive base.

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In the hub, you’ll find our expert analysis of progressive ballot measures that BISC is tracking, legal challenges, trends, attacks, threats, our research, features on trailblazing campaign leaders, and the exciting progress being made to advance democracy and liberation via ballot measures.

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At BISC, we believe in an Expanded Definition of Winning that goes beyond whether a measure passes or fails at the ballot box. Instead, we focus on ho...

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BISC's Road Trip to Victory summer training series kicks off TODAY! 🤩⁠ ⁠ It's not too late to join our first session: Layered Voter Contact: Sc...

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Tomorrow, Oklahoma voters have the chance to #RaiseTheWage for the first time in nearly two decades. ⁠ ⁠ SQ 832 would gradually increase the state...

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Check it out: BISC's new landscape memo is hot off the press, and there are some upcoming measures and trends you need to know about! 🗳️🔥⁠ �...

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