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 ...

The guiding principle is that “direct democracy” – which also allows existing laws to be challenged through referendum, 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 ...

By working to improve democratic education and to put a system in place that listens to and engages with young people, ...

For as long as we’ve had democracies, majority rule has left some in the minority worse off. We need to be talking about what ...

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

We Liberal Democrats believe in strengthening local democracy, whether through the introduction of proportional representation to elect local councils or the transfer of powers away from ...

Yellow strips of paper — 215 of them to be exact — were quickly sorted into piles for yes and no on the stage floor of ...

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 ...

The guiding principle is that “direct democracy” – which also allows existing laws to be challenged through referendum, as seen with the carbon pipeline debate in 2024 – provides a check ...

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