The announcement sets the stage for an extraordinary, and potentially historic, election cycle in Missouri.

As Americans watch the Brexit-related political turmoil in the United Kingdom, it is important to remember that the chaos there began in a form of direct democracy. When U.K. voters set in motion ...

California has a solution for America’s putrid populism and political paralysis: adopting direct democracy at the national level. Allowing Americans to vote, by referendum, on the biggest issues ...

Progressive issues are winning at the ballot level in states controlled by conservatives. And it’s been happening steadily since 2016. In response, conservative legislators have significantly ...

The ballot measure process died three years ago, but some Republicans working on a new, more restrictive framework hope that voters won’t notice. Something is rotten in the state of Mississippi.

With elections around the corner, various parties and their members will be out seeking your vote, your support, or at least your attention. “It’s the time for you to have a say in how the country is ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KATV) — Two ballot titles that would strengthen direct democracy in Arkansas have been approved to begin collecting enough signatures to earn a spot on next year’s ballot, but they ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The League of Women Voters of Arkansas and the group Save AR Democracy are suing Arkansas to block several new laws that plaintiffs say dismantle the state's ballot initiative ...

Don't just take it from me; take it from the Framers and other early American statesmen: "Democracy" has long included representative democracy as well as direct democracy, and "Republic" was used to ...

Shown is an undated portrait of Fr. Robert Haire, a socialist Catholic priest and influential direct democracy advocate who lived in Aberdeen, S.D., in the late 1800s and early 1900s. South Dakota ...

In August 2022, a statewide referendum in Kansas saw citizens overwhelmingly reject a plan to insert anti-abortion language into the state’s constitution. It comes as a slew of similar votes on ...