A new study by Prof. Yacov Tsur from the Department of Environmental Economics and Management at the Hebrew University of ...

Lawmakers asked voters to surrender some of their power to place issues directly on state ballots. Voters refused.

Efforts to resist the proposals would mark a continuation of Republican attempts to curtail direct democracy in Missouri as ...

Not surprisingly, democracy is a very popular idea. A Pew Research Center survey of people in 24 nations in 2023 revealed that 70% of people support direct democracy, with the percentage rising to 77% ...

Machine politics vs. direct democracy That climate regime might fall in November, or it might not, and the same is true for all of the other initiatives. Early polling had Washington voters ...

Direct democracy is my bag — for two decades I’ve led a global forum on the subject. Not that this knowledge helps, when it comes to California. Direct democracy around the world often allows ...

Read more: Swiss canton wants to test collection of electronic signatures for initiatives This content was published on Sep 26, 2024 Like the United States, Swiss direct democracy is vulnerable to ...

We’re joined by Chris Melody Fields Figueredo of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center to examine the role of ballot measures, a form of direct democracy, in elections, and why this “powerful ...

Kimsey described the suspected arson as “a direct attack on democracy.” Drop boxes have been used for years in states such as ...

Before Missouri voted to overturn the state’s abortion ban, House Majority Leader Jonathan Patterson said lawmakers should respect the will of voters. And when voters also approved raising the ...

But the push to bring direct democracy back to Washington after a long hiatus had already scored three big wins before a single ballot was cast. Heywood’s group Let’s Go Washington began most ...