Two ballot campaigns with similar measures could be vying for signatures, funding and attention this summer and fall. The League of Women Voters of Arkansas and Protect AR Rights have similar goals -- ...

Once again, Republicans in the Missouri legislature have shown that they have no respect for the voters in Missouri, or democracy. An article in the News-Leader on Sept. 9 detailed how they are ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — There are two ballot initiatives to strengthen direct democracy in Arkansas, both facing a more difficult road to the ballot this year because of new state laws that aim to crack ...

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

Younger generations are justifiably critical of a government that has saddled them with this debt burden, and many of them have lost faith in the capitalist system. A recent survey by the CATO ...

Over recent legislative sessions, lawmakers made it clear that they want to block Arkansans’ path to place proposed legislation or constitutional amendments on the ballot. Rather than accept this fate ...

Protect AR Rights’ second attempt to get a ballot title approved for its direct democracy amendment could come next week, attorneys said in a news conference Tuesday. The group consists of a variety ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- The drive for a new direct democracy amendment to the state constitution began Friday, as soon as starting was possible, organizers said. "We wanted to announce last week, but had to ...

Serbia's student protest movement has no leaders, and its decision-making process is slow and laborious, but activists swear by its founding principle: direct democracy via meetings on campus. The ...

How can we fix American democracy? Preserving our democracy is as urgent a task as ever, but the question is how. Democracy is getting to be one of those words that, at least in our day-to-day ...