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

This article is part of U.S. Democracy Day, a nationwide collaborative on Sept. 15, the International Day of Democracy, in which news organizations cover how democracy works and the threats it faces.

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

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

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

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.

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

Had the UK had a form of direct democracy since 1997 - when Tony Blair came to power - imagine what damage could have been avoided. Much the same argument could be made in most Western countries ...

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 ...

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 ...