Kansas lawmakers talk a good game about letting the citizens decide, but only if they get to choose the topic and the timing.

The author argues that this change would be a step towards direct democracy, which Kansas currently lacks. The author ...

Supporters of an Ohio constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion access cheer its passage at a watch party in Columbus on Nov. 7, 2023. The state’s voters also defeated a legislatively ...

SB586, the Protect Our Constitution Act, would all but obliterate any chance for the people of Arkansas to pass ...

Petitioners behind the direct democracy ballot initiative believe that constitutional amendments voted on by the people of Arkansas should not be subject to further amendment by the state legislature.

The Founding Fathers decided on a republic as the structure of our democracy. A republic uses direct democracy to elect leaders that represent the people in the lawmaking process. The Founders ...

The premise is simple: what if we undid many of the recent anti-democracy measures legislators have passed and stopped them from messing with the process in the future? “We believe filing this ...

Democrats and voting rights groups fight those measures, saying they limit access to the ballot and cripple direct democracy, something that has existed in Florida since 1886 — the year Thomas ...