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 ...

Direct democracy does not always lead to good public ... and tasked them with ending “the partisan process” for drawing state legislative maps. Three years later, an even larger percentage ...

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 ...

"Direct democracy should be an opportunity for voters to speak to their politicians," she said. "'This is really what we want. You should listen to us.' … And instead, not only are we not taking ...

Such direct democracy is a threat to their power, and they use various techniques to prevent voters from having their say. These legislators apparently believe the public isn’t smart enough to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...