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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The GOP Can Still Avoid Shooting Itself in the Foot in Texas Stay West, Young Man If the ‘Talking Filibuster’ Means Anything, It Would Irrevocably Change the Senate for the Worse Audio By Carbonatix ...

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 ...

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 ...

Once again, Republicans in the Missouri legislature have shown that they have no respect for the voters in Missouri, or democracy. An article in the News-Leader on Sept. 9 detailed how they are ...

A candidate of the Direct Democracy party was reportedly convicted in a drug-related case in the north, according to Turkish Cypriot media reports.The reports refer to Kyrenia district candidate ...