The legislative session that begins Monday should not be held, and lawmakers should reject all of Ron DeSantis’ demands. But they can put their summons to good use by overriding some of his ...

Has South Dakota soured on direct democracy? The answer to that question will be partly answered during the 2025 legislative session, as Republican lawmakers continue a recent trend of trying to ...

In a recent discussion on the social network X (previously known as Twitter), Musk hypothesised about how Martian colonies ought to be ruled, implying that direct democracy is the optimal answer ...

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 ...

There are two models of democracy. One is a direct democracy; the other is a representative democracy. In the former, citizens elect people as “delegates” to the legislature to formulate laws ...

Legislators have been more successful curtailing the process with statutory changes in Pierre. From 2018 to 2024, South ...

A House committee gave its stamp of approval Wednesday to a bill that would enhance the Arkansas attorney general’s authority ...