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

Voters are amending their state constitutions to protect reproductive freedom—and discovering the limitations of these ...

It traces the birth of democracy from the noise of the bazaars of Athens to the Parliament Houses that rule over us today.

You know those people who tell us that “democracy is on the ballot”? They are misinformed. The word “democracy” isn’t ...

John Spellman vacated the Washington governor’s mansion, a Georgian-style structure on state Capitol grounds in Olympia, in ...

The left sees setbacks on abortion, drug legalization, minimum wage and election-process questions from coast to coast.

In a year filled with elections, the state of democracy is thriving by many measures. But there are dark clouds on the ...

State delegates who attended the convention were divided in their views on how the country should elect its president, with ...

Republican lawmakers in Arizona placed a slew of constitutional amendments on the ballot this fall to limit the recourse ...

Regardless of what the Trump administration does, the efficacy of ballot measures may be limited in states under Republican ...

Florida’s ballot initiative process has long been a beacon of direct democracy, a way for everyday Floridians to make their voices heard when politicians fail to represent their values.