Addendae 1
Direct Democracy Upending the GOP’s Radical Agenda
Republicans lost a big ballot initiative fight in Ohio this week, but their war against voters is destined to continue
https://newrepublic.com/article/174750/battle-ballot-initiative-ohio-2024
Direct democracy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_democracy
* form of democracy in which the electorate decides on policy initiatives w/o elected representatives as proxies
* differs from majority of currently established democracies: representative democracies
#GOP #neofascism #DirectDemocracy #CultureWars
Addendae 2
Supreme Court Abortion Ruling Still Deeply Unpopular Across U.S. Poll Finds
* CNN poll: 64% of U.S. adults disagree with the decision; 50% “strongly” disagree
* nearly double proportion of people who said in the latest poll they approve of the decision: 36%
#SCOTUS #Roe_v_Wade #democracy #abortion #LeonardLeo #FederalistSociety #neofascism #populism #ChristianRight #Christofascism #WomensRights #PublicHealth #GOP #neoconservatism
Addendae 3
Montana voters rejected an anti-abortion measure. State GOP lawmakers passed a similar bill anyway
https://19thnews.org/2023/08/montana-lawmakers-anti-abortion-bill-voter-rejection
* following SCOTUS’ 2022-06 decision giving states power to ban abortion, voters in 6 states spoke on the issue
* in every case upheld abortion rights or rejected attempts to restrict them
* Ohio voters rejected GOP-led effort to make it more difficult to change state constitution
