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| Type | Educational |
| Purpose | "To empower our audience to engage in democracy by delivering exceptionally high quality information." |
| Headquarters | Madison, Wisconsin |
| Location | |
| Region served | United States |
| President | Leslie Graves |
| Affiliations | Ballotpedia, Judgepedia |
| Budget | $3 million (2014) |
| Staff | 55 |
| Website | www |
The Lucy Burns Institute (LBI) is an American nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization. Founded in 2006, LBI publishes Ballotpedia, Judgepedia, and Policypedia, which are online wiki-style encyclopedias about the U.S. political and judicial systems.
History
LBI was founded in December 2006 by the group's current president, Leslie Graves. The group is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. LBI publishes Ballotpedia and Judgepedia, two online wiki-style encyclopedias about American politics and the American judiciary. Ballotpedia covers U.S. Congress, state executive officials, state legislatures, ballot measures, recall elections, and school board elections, while Judgepedia covers the federal and state judiciaries. Ballotpedia has been referenced in Politico, the Washington Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Bloomberg Businessweek.
The Wall Street Journal described LBI as "a nonpartisan organization that collects election data." According to the Colorado Springs Gazette, LBI publishes "nonprofit wiki encyclopedias that use nonpartisan collaboration to gather political info for sharing." The Las Vegas Review-Journal described LBI as "a Wisconsin-based nonprofit that promotes education about local government."
Projects
In 2012, LBI published a study analyzing the quality of official state voter guides based on six criteria. According to the study, only nine states were rated “excellent” or “very good," while 24 states received a “fair” or “poor” rating.
LBI published a guide called Local Ballot Initiatives: How Citizens Change Laws with Clipboards, Conversations, and Campaigns, in November 2012. The booklet provides an overview of how individual citizens can use the initiative process at the local level.
In May 2014, the Center for American Progress used Ballotpedia data to analyze the immigration policy stances of Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
References
- "Our Mission". Lucy Burns Institute. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ "Frequently Asked Questions". Lucy Burns Institute. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
- Povich, Elaine (6/10/2014). "Lawmakers Defer to Voters on Tax, Budget Issues". Stateline. The Pew Charitable Trusts. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Illinois elections officials need to side with voters". Chicago Tribune. 5/30/2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Weinger, Mackenzie (8/5/2014). "Maruca: Companies should not fear OECD BEPS project — So what's next for the IRS LB&I division? — Missouri to vote on raising taxes". Politico. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Howell, Kellan (7/10/2014). "Nude photos of Kendall Jones reportedly sought by Virginia Democrat". Washington Times. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Moore, Stephen (11/5/2013). "Ten Election Day Ballot Measures". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Weiner, Rachel (8/8/2012). "The death of the Kansas moderate?". Washington Post. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Wingfield, Kyle (4/9/2014). "Are Georgia Republicans mostly satisfied with the taxes they pay? Hmmm". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Oldham, Jennifer (4272014). "Colorado Pot Vote Prompts Ballot Push on Guns, Fracking". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Spillman, Benjamin (2013-07-29). "Cost to appeal Las Vegas Planning Commission decision called prohibitive". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
- Scott, Dylan (2012-09-14). "States Have Room for Improvement in Voter Guides". Governing Magazine. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- Fernandez, Henry; Wolgin, Philip (5/19/2014). "House Republicans Have Nothing to Fear from Supporting Immigration Reform". Center for American Progress. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
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