Citizens in half the states have the power to place initiatives or referendums on the ballot. That process is under threat, ...

A bill moving in the Legislature would make gathering signed petitions — needed to get proposals on the ballot — more expensive and more complicated.

A Senate bill moving forward would put more barriers in the way of residents wanting to bypass the Legislature with an initiative petition ...

Particularly, there has been a proliferation of direct democracy to pursue constitutional change.[4] Increasingly, referendums are held on important questions, such as the upcoming Turkish ...

Instead, direct democracy would be attainable only to a cadre of for-profit political operations with deep pockets and greater capacity to wade through additional red tape. These bills aim to ...

Tuesday, a proposed constitutional amendment was submitted to the Arkansas Attorney General to streamline the state's ...

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The amendment would undo many of the anti-democracy measures passed by legislators in recent years and prevent them from ...

Republican legislators are determined to make it all but impossible for citizens and interest groups to pursue ballot ...

The League of Women Voters of Arkansas is proposing an amendment to the state constitution to overhaul the direct democracy ...