Direct democracy – or legislating through the ballot – has been baked into the Golden State’s political system for well over a century, allowing voters to legislate and amend the ...

For as long as we’ve had democracies, majority rule has left some in the minority worse off. We need to be talking about what ...

Many of the young people in our youth network are calling for reform of the political system in order to facilitate these changes: a new voting system, or an exploration of forms of direct democracy.

The guiding principle is that “direct democracy” – which also allows existing laws to be challenged through referendum, as ...

But this heavy-handed assault on direct democracy is not the answer. In 2024, a ballot initiative needed nearly 900,000 valid signatures to make the ballot. DeSantis’s scheme all but guarantees ...

A House committee gave its stamp of approval Wednesday to a bill that would enhance the Arkansas attorney general’s authority ...

Arkansans’ ability to participate in the democratic process came into focus during the fifth week of the 2025 legislative ...

This content was published on Sep 26, 2024 Like the United States, Swiss direct democracy is vulnerable to the same ...

Ballot Measure Battle Could Curtail South Dakota's Direct Democracy Has South Dakota soured on direct democracy? The answer to that question will be partly answered during the 2025 legislative ...

The guiding principle is that “direct democracy” – which also allows existing laws to be challenged through referendum, as seen with the carbon pipeline debate in 2024 – provides a check ...

Legislators have been more successful curtailing the process with statutory changes in Pierre. From 2018 to 2024, South ...