共和党领导的各州由于对外部供资和欺诈的关切,正在限制公民领导的投票倡议。 Republican-led states are restricting citizen-led ballot initiatives due to concerns over outside funding and fraud.

保守派领导的州的共和党立法者正在使公民领导的投票倡议更难取得成功,他们认为这些措施往往受到外部资金的推动,容易遭到欺诈。 Republican lawmakers in conservative-led states are making it harder for citizen-led ballot initiatives to succeed, arguing that these measures are often fueled by outside money and are vulnerable to fraud. 仅今年一年,至少有148项法案被提出来限制此类举措,比去年的76项有所增加。 This year alone, at least 148 bills have been introduced to restrict such initiatives, up from 76 last year. 例如,密苏里州的立法者推翻了一项由公民主导的措施,该措施保障带薪病假和生活费工资的增加,并提议举行新的堕胎全民投票,以废除现有的堕胎全民投票。 For example, Missouri lawmakers overturned a citizen-led measure that guaranteed paid sick leave and cost-of-living wage increases, and proposed a new abortion referendum to repeal an existing one.