Bolts: ‘We Have a Right to Put It on the Ballot’: How Organizers Are Defending Direct Democracy
Bolts this week gathered three organizers who have fought this dynamic in each of three states that are undergoing this dynamic: Ohio, Arkansas, and Idaho. Their meeting sparked a wide-ranging conversation about their shared frustrations and strategies.
Mia Lewis, associate director of Common Cause Ohio, was active in the campaign to defeat Issue 1 this summer.
“This is a great group to be talking to,” Lewis said. “Because they’re not doing this in one state, they do these things repeatedly in different states, so why shouldn’t we strategize?”