2020 Ballot Initiative Wins: Abortion Rights, Lawyers for People Facing Eviction & Payday Loan Limits

When it comes to ballot measures that passed in the 2020 election, “economic justice stuck out as an area where the wins were many,” says ACLU Political Director, Ronald Newman.

When it comes to ballot measures that passed in the 2020 election, “economic justice stuck out as an area where the wins were many,” says Ronald Newman, political director for the American Civil Liberties Union, even as people in the United States struggle with debt and layoffs during the pandemic. He describes how voters in Boulder, Colorado, approved a measure to ensure the right to counsel for people fighting eviction, and Nebraskans voted to restrict payday lending in their state. Meanwhile, voters in other states passed measures to protect women’s reproductive rights as they come under increasing attack at the federal level.