To withstand public backlash, they draw safe districts that have enough co-partisans to allow them to win general elections. Direct democracy undermines this arrangement. Therefore, the only way a ...

Direct democracy – or legislating through the ballot ... Implementing the MCO tax also allows the state to draw down additional federal funds to pay for Medi-Cal, the state’s health ...

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 ...

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 ...

That’s what Missouri voters did with regard to the drawing of congressional maps ... who has worked on direct democracy efforts both in the US and abroad and is founder of the Initiative ...

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 ...

TALLAHASSEE — Citizen petition drives are facing new regulations critics say are a “kill shot” to direct democracy that will make it nearly impossible for hot-button issues from abortion to ...

It's the fifth attempt to gain approval of the amendment's language and ballot title from Attorney General Tim Griffin. Part ...

Florida’s ballot initiative process has long been a beacon of direct democracy, a way for everyday Floridians to make their voices heard when politicians fail to represent their values.

Reforms and lawsuits aside, there’s a deeper issue here—the debate over how easy or difficult it should be to change our state’s constitution through direct democracy. "The petition and then ...

Like other right-wing populists, including those in Austria, the AfD has long called for more direct democracy – and it specifically wants to do it using Switzerland as a model. This content was ...