Citizens in half the states have the power to place initiatives or referendums on the ballot. That process is under threat, ...

As Americans face the reality of President Donald Trump's second term and the mass firings, takeover of federal agencies by ...

The amendment would undo many of the anti-democracy measures passed by legislators in recent years and prevent them from ...

The League of Women Voters of Arkansas is proposing an amendment to the state constitution to overhaul the direct democracy process.

Commitment to democracy under the structure of a republic creates rights and duties for elected representatives. Some are not ...

A Senate bill moving forward would put more barriers in the way of residents wanting to bypass the Legislature with an initiative petition ...

Democracy is dying — not in darkness, but in plain sight at the Florida Capitol. Republican legislators want to make it outrageously expensive for citizens to launch ballot initiatives. In the past, ...

Instead, direct democracy would be attainable only to a cadre of for-profit political operations with deep pockets and greater capacity to wade through additional red tape. These bills aim to ...

Those seeking to dial back direct democracy point to cautionary tales such as Marsy’s Law, a 2016 victims’ rights measure passed in South Dakota as a constitutional amendment as part of a ...

He is also the Director of International Relations at the Swiss Democracy Foundation, Co-president of the Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy and Co-initiator of the International League of ...

Two bills to place greater state regulations on direct democracy campaigns passed the Arkansas House of Representatives on Tuesday.

Small communities can practise direct democracy: people meet and decide, or vote, on decisions concerning them all. In large ...