Direct democracy through state ballot initiatives, initiated by both citizens and legislatures, holds potential for policy change relating to a large array of important social issues, including ...

If direct democracy, sortition and people’s deliberative assemblies do not seem to be sexy enough to inspire mass protest, then it becomes the task of writers on the left to give these concepts ...

Ballot initiatives can push policy to the left, rebuild a fighting working-class political base, and prepare movements to ...

Supporters of an Ohio constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion access cheer its passage at a watch party in Columbus on Nov. 7, 2023. The state’s voters also defeated a legislatively ...

Those who want a few big states ruling the nation via a direct federal democracy are not interested in a “republic” that derives power from the governed but one that strips local control and ...

Our California ballot-measure reporter heads to Switzerland on the 150th anniversary of its first federal referendum to see what a state mad about direct democracy can take away from the country ...

The battle for the future of direct democracy has come to the state capitol dome, where legislators have introduced bills that aim to complicate the process of passing ballot measures. These are ...

A federal judge will soon decide on whether to grant a request from a coalition of nonprofits to join a lawsuit against the ...

Your editorial “Direct Democracy Dies in California” (June 21) implies that California is an outlier when it comes to preventing citizen-initiated ballot measures. In fact, 24 states don’t ...

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 ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — A fight over how easy it should be to change the state's constitution is escalating with this year's second direct democracy ballot initiative. 'Protect AR Rights' is now ...