Who is the Man Behind the Anti-Trans Ballot Machine?
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Who is the Man Behind the Anti-Trans Ballot Machine?
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This November election, five states will determine the civil rights of transgender people in various ways, from their ability to play on sports teams, to access to public facilities.
In Colorado and Arizona, those measures have been galvanized and paraded by lawmakers and activists who have been the figureheads of the battle, but in partnership with Westword, LOOKOUT was able to find the person behind the ballot initiatives — a man named Tim Mooney, an Arizona resident and conservative consultant whose company has made millions in the past decade helping craft and pass ballot initiatives in multiple states.
We speak with Election Accountability Fellow Lorenzo Gomez on what his reporting showed on how Mooney is able to work behind the scenes in crafting these ballot measures, the way language is used to push ballot initiatives ti pass, and what it means for the LGBTQ+ community in the Southwest.
Reporting related to this episode: https://www.lookoutnews.org/tim-mooney-ballot-initiatives-in-arizona-and-colorado-for-2026/
https://www.lookoutnews.org/colorados-hate-state-name-is-being-challenged-with-proposition-134-and-proposition-135/