"It would change (Missouri) in fairly dramatic ways," according to one political science professor.

What is the difference between representative government and the government in ancient Athens? In a representative government ...

A federal judge, one U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks, has ruled that a set of state laws targeting direct democracy in Arkansas is unconstitutional. And there went up a loud cheer in Arkansas.

The group behind a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at strengthening direct democracy in Arkansas said Friday it turned in enough signatures for its measure to make the ballot.

Friday, Protect AR Rights, a citizen group seeking to put an amendment to the Arkansas Constitution on this November's ballot ...

Backers of a proposed Arkansas constitutional amendment that would make citizen-proposed laws and constitutional amendments a ...

Brooks sided with the state on a handful of claims -- but it was overall a good outcome for the future of direct democracy in Arkansas.

Permanent injunctions are now in place against several petition-circulation requirements, while ballot measure supporters race to submit more than 90,000 valid signatures by Friday.

Minutes after a local elections office in rural south central Idaho closed last month, a contractor for the group backing a ...

Bucknell has named Lauren Baillie as the inaugural director of the Bucknell Initiative for Dialogue & Democracy (BIDD), a new ...

Lauren Baillie has been appointed the inaugural director of the Bucknell Initiative for Dialogue & Democracy (BIDD), a new ...