Courts in Utah and Michigan recently blocked legislative assaults on the ballot initiative process.

Direct democracy – or legislating through the ballot – has ... The proposed changes would raise penalties and sentences for ...

Instead of competing with one another, advocates of different democratic processes should build bridges, and share a common ...

Regardless of who emerges victorious on election day, we must do the work now to ensure our democracy wins — and our ...

Measure 2 would make significant changes to North Dakota's initiated measure process. Columnist Ellie Shockley and Sen. Janne ...

Colorado natives may not have the perspective to understand that not every state has “direct democracy,” or a process for citizen-initiated statewide ballot measures.

Democracy fails when it relies on an uninformed electorate and media rife with misinformation. Steps must be taken to address ...

In fact, in a memo titled “Debunking the Voter Fraud Myth,” the Brennan Center said “Two studies [were] done at Arizona State ...

California is ruled by Democrats, but it’s also one of the most small-D democratic states in the nation. Direct democracy – or legislating through the ballot – has been baked into the Golden State’s ...

Direct democracy – or legislating through the ballot – has been baked into the Golden State’s political system for well over a century, allowing voters to legislate and amend the ...