Local governments often engage in performative democracy, offering residents access to decision-making without granting them ...

Indonesia considers ending direct regional elections, a move analysts warn will shift power to elites and erode democratic ...

I received an Alberta Federation of Labour email asking me to sign a petition for the recall of Rebecca Schulz, MLA for ...

The Electoral College wasn’t an accident or a compromise—it was a safeguard. The founders feared mob rule, regional dominance, and emotional decision-making. Direct democracy was seen as unstable and ...

The state of Arkansas is seeking a partial stay of a federal judge's recent preliminary injunction halting the enforcement of ...

The first option is to continue issuing orders to the government requiring it to draft ultra-Orthodox men and to formulate ...

Rep. Fugate introduces a resolution to protect Oklahoma's initiative petition rights, requiring voter consent for changes to ...

The quasi-corporate approach to direct local elections is fundamentally flawed, as a price cannot be put on the democratic principle of popular sovereignty.

It’s a momentary expression of rage.” Foa suggests that populists direct this rage at the democratic establishment, and even at democracy itself, for their political benefit. A related risk is that ...

The pro-government Democratic Party has thrown its weight behind President Prabowo Subianto’s suggestion to abolish direct ...

Arkansas House Minority Leader Andrew Collins talked about the Democratic Party's efforts to challenge Republican policies in ...