ballot initiative

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The 2018 midterm elections set an unprecedented amount of campaign spending, with one cause taking a surprising lead. In their November 5, 2018, article in E&E News titled “4 States Have Ballot Measures That Could Shape U.S. Climate Policy,” Benjamin...

With Michigan’s upcoming election, commentary around the ballot’s Proposal 2, which would establish a citizen’s commission responsible for creating voting district lines, has run the gamut. In the October 10, 2018, piece for Bridge titled “5 concerns...

David Leonhardt’s November 4 New York Times op-ed, “Schools that work,” features charter school research and commentary by Susan Dynarski, co-director of the Ford School’s Education Policy Initiative. The op-ed concerns a controversial ballot initiat...

*Non-Ford students can register in Ford School electives beginning December 7* This course meets the first half of the semester (January 5 - February 22).

Marijuana, affirmative action, redistricting--When citizens want change legislatures won't enact - they go to the ballot to win change. This course blends an academic review of the ballot initiative process along with the related experience of grassr...