Citizens In Charge

"The theme of 2026 is the battle over direct democracy availability itself. This is a really powerful tool … and one of the most frequent topics that we will see voted on this November is, can voters continue to exercise that right meaningfully?"

— Kelly Hall, Executive Director of the Fairness Project

Some states will ask voters to make it harder to pass constitutional amendments Several states have ballot measures this year that could raise the thresholds needed to pass state constitutional amendments. Many advocates are critical of such limits on direct democracy.