Critics say the changes will derail a process used to create a free pre-K program, boost the minimum wage and restore felons’ ...

Citizen petition drives are facing new regulations critics say are a “kill shot” to direct democracy that would make it nearly impossible for hot-button issues from abortion to marijuana legalization ...

Petaluma Historic Advocates, a citizen group opposed to the project, wants residents to have the final say. The group has ...

The League of Women Voters of Arkansas and the group Save AR Democracy are suing Arkansas to block several new laws that ...

Direct democracy is the people changing laws despite those in power. The Colorado Constitution guarantees We the People are ...

Florida lawmakers have given final approval to creating new hurdles for getting citizen-driven initiatives on the ballot ...

See, this is what I was talking about. There’s a reason that we employ representative democracy versus direct democracy at ...

Over the years, April 20 (aka 4/20) has gone from a stoner inside joke in Northern California to a widely recognized, if ...

Reforms and lawsuits aside, there’s a deeper issue here—the debate over how easy or difficult it should be to change our state’s constitution through direct democracy. "The petition and then ...