How GOP lawmakers are trying to undermine ballot initiatives

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In the wake of ballot measures that increased abortion access and improved sick leave for workers, a coordinated effort is unfolding across the country to restrict direct democracy -- and shift power to partisan legislatures.

By Jeremy Kohler for ProPublica

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