Executive Director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, Chris Melody Fields Figueredo joins to discuss the critical work our movements are undertaking this year to move ballot initiatives state-by-state, and how direct democracy can be a specific antidote to legislative gridlock.

Then our print editor, Marcy Rein, recently interviewed Florida Rising’s Campaign Director Ivanna Gonzalez, who is helping lead the campaign for Amendment 4 in Florida to restore abortion rights and healthcare access in the state, to show us what state ballot initiative strategy looks like in action.