Ballot Measure Inc.

The Center for Public Integrity looks at the “powerful electoral-industrial complex” funded by moneyed interests that belies the quaint notion of “citizen democracy” that ballot measures are assumed to represent.

“Active in the 26 states that have citizen-initiated ballot measures, the network of pollsters, direct mail specialists, lawyers, consultants, signature gatherers and voting data whizzes were paid at least $400 million for 85 statewide measures across the country in 2014… In presidential election years, state and local measures are a billion-dollar industry.”