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November 9, 2022
Prem Thakker
Maryland and Missouri Vote to Legalize Marijuana
After this election, recreational marijuana use will soon be legal in 21 states and D.C.
November 8, 2022
Matt Ford
Voters Will Have a Chance to Defend Democracy at the Ballot Box This Week
A slew of ballot initiatives are allowing millions of Americans the chance to overhaul how their elections are run.
September 16, 2021
Timothy Noah
Direct Democracy Is Breaking California
The Golden State’s use of recall elections and ballot initiatives was a bad idea from the beginning. It’s an immeasurably worse one now.
August 28, 2021
Jason Linkins
The California Recall Election Could Wreck the Country
Gavin Newsom’s wayward political career is not the biggest thing at stake.
October 16, 2017
Magazine
Clio Chang
How GOP Lawmakers Ignore the Will of the People
In 2016, voters passed a raft of liberal ballot initiatives. Now Republicans are throwing them out.
September 7, 2016
David Dayen
Will Liberal Ballot Issues Give Hillary Clinton an Edge?
Democrats hope to reprise 2004, when anti-gay marriage initiatives helped George W. Bush. But liberal measures may not have the same oomph.
December 11, 2015
Suzy Khimm
The New Gun-Control Strategy: Let the Voters Speak
In 2016, ballot measures in states could raise the political stakes of the issue.
June 8, 2010
Ed Kilgore
Off to the Races!
June 8, 2010
Ed Kilgore
Off to the Races!
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