Push through elections

Are you coordinating with other effective animal advocacy organizations, e.g. HSUS and other supporters of California Prop 12? A failed ballot initiative could be worse than not doing it, in case it undermines corporate work or makes future ballot initiatives harder.

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>While on their own these measures would only lead to a relocation of farms to states with different political leanings

You should make sure the restrictions apply to both production and sale, so that products not meeting the restrictions can't be imported.

As pioneers in using democratic processes to advance animal welfare and promote sustainable diets, Sentience Politics is excited to see the growing momentum for ballot initiatives in the USA.

We wish Pro Animal great success, not only at the ballot box but also in setting the agenda for farm animals.

Pro-Animal Future seems to be experimenting with growing the people power of the animal advocacy movement in a way that is rather different from what any other organization is doing. I like that they are research-based, that they have many years of combined advocacy experience, that they are very effective and efficient with the funds they have, and that they seem to be running a smart and impactful multi-year initiative very well. I think the work that Pro-Animal Future does over the next 2-5 years will be extremely informative for the rest of the movement, regardless of the outcomes.

Pro-Animal Future is a fantastic organization. I admire their vision, their level of organization, and their inspiring community and I am grateful to be a part of the movement (as web and app developer as well as occasional volunteer). Forward together 💪

Hey Aidan! Thanks for this proposal and congrats on the traction; it seems like many folks are excited to support your work. Manifund is happy to support donations to this project as part of our animal welfare portfolio.

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like a good fit for EA Community Choice, as it's not aimed at helping members in the EA community; I've removed it from consideration for the the quadratic funding match. (People are still welcome to donate their funds to Pro-Animal Future, there just won't be a matching component)

Upvoted because I'm super excited about this - not just the potential wins this November, but what this team can achieve over the longer term. They're doing really great work.

I'm quite excited about the potential impact of ballot initiatives. Thank you for your work!

How much do you estimate it costs to run one ballot initiative in a medium-size state (or whatever metric makes sense?)

I ask because Big Ag is well funded, which makes me worry that you'd need lots of money to actually get something passed. That doesn't mean you shouldn't proceed! But there are some ideas that are good if and only if they can achieve a fairly high level of funding, and don't scale well at lower funding levels. It seems plausible that this might be one of them.

To ban slaughterhouses!

To end slaughterhouses for good.

Let's ban slaughterhouses and fur products in Denver and mimic it across the state and nation!

Ballot initiatives are such a great tool to protect animals and shift hearts & minds! Let's do this Denver!!

Ban animal cruelty!

Banning fur and slaughterhouses

Denver campaign

Banning fur and slaughterhouses will make a substantial impact in factory farmed animals lives

We are so close to banning fur sales and slaughterhouses in Denver this November, and planting the seeds for even bigger wins in the future!