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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Our California ballot-measure reporter heads to Switzerland on the 150th anniversary of its first federal referendum to see what a state mad about direct democracy can take away from the country that ...

A historic vote that legalized abortion rights. The expansion of legal marijuana and sports betting. Increases to the state’s minimum wage and limits on tax increases. For more than a century, voters ...

First of all, direct democracy, the democratic regime I’m thinking about, is not paradise on earth. It’s not the perfect regime, and I don’t know what perfect regime means. Cornelius Castoriadis [1] ...

Direct democracy has come to the forefront of the abortion debate. Since Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the seismic Supreme Court decision overruling Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned ...

Democracy is in crisis. Many people are losing confidence in political parties and parliaments and their ability to solve pressing social problems in the long term. Recent studies by the University of ...

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 ...

Early this month, Ohioans delivered a resounding victory for both reproductive rights and democracy. Voters handily rejected Issue 1, a bad-faith effort to limit voters’ right to propose and enact ...

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