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Published: Dec. 8, 2022, 1 p.m.

Thursday, December 8th, 2022

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Chris Melody Fields Figueredo is the Executive Director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, which seeks to strengthen democracy by building a national progressive strategy for ballot measures. We discuss ballot initiatives and how they put the issues directly into the hands of voters and out of the two-party system. It can really flip the script!

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Ballot measures are often higher vote-getters than candidates. They also transcend party lines. Medicaid expansion has been a huge example in the last several years of being incredibly popular in red, blue, and purple states, and ballot measures gave power and agency to citizens to make policy changes. There is a huge opportunity in the coming years, especially around climate change.

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Credits:\xa0

Host: Mila Atmos\xa0

Guests: Chris Melody Fields Figueredo

Executive Producer: Mila Atmos

Producers: Zack Travis and Sara Burningham