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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Can Gov. Gavin Newsom please spare us the lectures about the MAGA threat to democracy? On Thursday California’s Supreme Court ...

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 ...

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

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