Those who like to call America a republic often pretend that we are such because we’re not a “direct democracy” (aka a “pure ...

Kansas lawmakers talk a good game about letting the citizens decide, but only if they get to choose the topic and the timing.

The author argues that this change would be a step towards direct democracy, which Kansas currently lacks. The author ...

Commitment to democracy under the structure of a republic creates rights and duties for elected representatives. Some are not meeting their responsibilities.

Democrats and voting rights groups fight those measures, saying they limit access to the ballot and cripple direct democracy, something that has existed in Florida since 1886 — the year Thomas ...

Petitioners behind the direct democracy ballot initiative believe that constitutional amendments voted on by the people of Arkansas should not be subject to further amendment by the state legislature.

If every one of those bills were, in fact, constitutional and were upheld, you couldn't do this process at all,” attorney ...