State lawmakers have fast-tracked a package of bills that will make it nearly impossible for grassroots movements to bring ...

A judge has cleared the way for Norman to start working on its $1 billion entertainment complex and arena, but the bulldozers ...

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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 ...

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Ecuador’s electorate will go to a runoff vote in April in a highly polarized climate. At stake is a broader political ...

or an exploration of forms of direct democracy. But importantly, what we have seen in this research over the last year, is that young people can shift how they view power. We think of democracy as ...

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

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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 ...