Progressive issues are winning at the ballot level in states controlled by conservatives. And it’s been happening steadily since 2016. In response, conservative legislators have significantly ...

Supporters of an Ohio constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion access cheer its passage at a watch party in Columbus on Nov. 7, 2023. The state’s voters also defeated a legislatively initiated ...

Serbia's student protest movement has no leaders, and its decision-making process is slow and laborious, but activists swear by its founding principle: direct democracy via meetings on campus. When a ...

Californians have had constitutional powers of direct democracy since 1911, a signature accomplishment of the progressive movement and Gov. Hiram Johnson. Today, with Gov. Gavin Newsom slipping “save ...

TALLAHASSEE — Citizen petition drives are facing new regulations critics say are a “kill shot” to direct democracy that will make it nearly impossible for hot-button issues from abortion to marijuana ...

Two ballot campaigns with similar measures could be vying for signatures, funding and attention this summer and fall. The League of Women Voters of Arkansas and Protect AR Rights have similar goals -- ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — There are two ballot initiatives to strengthen direct democracy in Arkansas, both facing a more difficult road to the ballot this year because of new state laws that aim to crack ...

The Arkansas attorney general's office signed off on ballot language Wednesday for a proposed constitutional amendment to reform direct democracy in the state, allowing the group behind the effort to ...