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 ...

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

Many states provide for direct, or pure, democracy with citizen-initiated ballot measures for new laws and/or vetoes through ...

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

As part of the democracy team, I report on the dynamic relationship between citizens and their institutions in Switzerland and abroad. Born in Ireland, I have a BA in European Studies and MA in ...

The League of Women Voters of Arkansas resubmitted a proposed amendment to the state constitution to the Arkansas attorney general's office that would reform the state's ballot initiative process on ...

A proposed constitutional amendment likely would have kept the Arkansas Abortion Amendment on the ballot if it had been in place in 2024. Credit: Brian Chilson Republican state lawmakers have ...