Courts in Utah and Michigan recently blocked legislative assaults on the ballot initiative process.

Direct democracy processes play an important role in state policy making related to the myriad drivers of population health ...

Direct democracy – or legislating through the ballot – has been baked into the Golden State’s political system for well over ...

Colorado natives may not have the perspective to understand that not every state has “direct democracy,” or a process for citizen-initiated statewide ballot measures.

Measure 2 would make significant changes to North Dakota's initiated measure process. Columnist Ellie Shockley and Sen. Janne ...

Erazo, Luis Carlos and Chamorro, Lorena 2019. Democratizando la revocatoria para alcaldes en Ecuador y Colombia: la gobernanza local en la encrucijada. Íconos - Revista de Ciencias Sociales, p. 71.

In his brief autobiographical sketch Jefferson wrote that he deemed ... summed up the case as follows: 'Western democracy through the whole of its earlier period tended to the production of ...

Home to almost 10 million residents in 2022, Los Angeles County can sometimes seem like a vast political paradox. Known as a quintessential example of urban sprawl, it is also the most overcrowded ...

But preserving democracy is not just the responsibility of our leaders — it is the responsibility of each and every one of us. Voting is the most direct way we can influence the direction of our ...

Let me point out that the words "policy" and "poll" share etymological roots. Democracy is a general concept with moving parts. All in all it is a function that should always have motives toward ...

A high profile documentary asks whether a new wave of believers will wash away democracy in America ... portraying him as ...

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 ...