A House committee decided to flout democratic processes, deciding to vote on a bill without input from the public due to icy ...

The guiding principle is that “direct democracy” – which also allows existing laws to be challenged through referendum, as ...

But this heavy-handed assault on direct democracy is not the answer. In 2024, a ballot initiative needed nearly 900,000 valid signatures to make the ballot. DeSantis’s scheme all but guarantees ...

A divided House committee on Monday advanced two bills to regulate how signatures are gathered in Arkansas for citizen-led ...

Arkansas's motto is Regnat Populus — the People Rule. If Sen. Hammer’s bills become law, the people could only rule if they ...

seeing the speech as a "plea for direct democracy." Vance's speech at the Munich Security Conference Thursday focussed on key themes of Trump's election campaign and was seen as a combative broadside ...

State Rep. Kim Hammer’s proposals appear to violate the Arkansas Constitution, which only allows legal restrictions on the ...

“It was a plea for direct democracy. One could read it that way,” said the president of Switzerland, a country renowned for its frequent recourse to referendums. Vance told the Munich ...

Ballot Measure Battle Could Curtail South Dakota's Direct Democracy Has South Dakota soured on direct democracy? The answer to that question will be partly answered during the 2025 legislative ...

The guiding principle is that “direct democracy” – which also allows existing laws to be challenged through referendum, as seen with the carbon pipeline debate in 2024 – provides a check ...