{"id":171,"date":"2020-05-20T00:43:22","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T00:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bisc2001.bpbuild.com\/?page_id=171"},"modified":"2020-06-29T20:40:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T20:40:10","slug":"what-we-stand-for","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ballot.org\/what-we-stand-for\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Stand For"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We believe direct democracy can be a tool for liberation. We leverage ballot measures across the United States as part of a larger movement to strengthen democracy, center people of color, queer, low-income, immigrant, indigenous and other marginalized communities, move towards racial equity, build and transform power, and galvanize a new progressive base.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We lead by supporting the use of ballot measures as a tool for transformational impact, not just in a measure\u2019s outcomes, but at every stage of the ballot measure process\u2014from policy development, signature gathering, civic engagement, the campaign itself, implementation and beyond. We believe in movement building and empowerment, bringing communities into the work and leaving lasting infrastructure for continued social change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ballot.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/young-women-smiling-800px.jpg?resize=800%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ballot.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/young-women-smiling-800px.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ballot.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/young-women-smiling-800px.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ballot.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/young-women-smiling-800px.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past 20 years, we\u2019ve supported state and national organizations throughout the country to lead campaigns that create a living wage, restore voting rights for the formerly incarcerated, reform our criminal justice system, fund public education, and much more. 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