The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has long advocated for “Swiss-style” direct democracy. What does the party hope ...

A House committee decided to flout democratic processes, deciding to vote on a bill without input from the public due to icy ...

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 ...

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

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 session ...

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 ...

Read more: Digital citizens could shake up democracy in Switzerland and beyond ... The wave of disinformation is expected to particularly affect direct democracies such as Switzerland or many ...

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

Small communities can practise direct democracy: people meet and decide, or vote, on decisions concerning them all. In large ...