Voters in 24 states and the District of Columbia can bypass their legislatures by gathering signatures to get proposed laws or constitutional amendments on the ballot. But about 40 bills in roughly a ...

Citizen activists could find it harder to get initiatives on next year's ballot in some states. Lawmakers in about a dozen ...

The Arkansas attorney general approved the ballot title for a constitutional amendment that would reform the state's rules for voter initiatives and referendums. Tim Griffin had rejected the ...

Arizona legislators are proposing to raise the bar for voters to pass new laws at the ballot box ... on Wednesday would require initiatives and referendums to win a supermajority of 60% of ...

A coalition of Arkansas community organizations announced Monday from the state capitol an effort to halt changes to the ...

Advertising “Globally, as there’s movements to expand direct democracy, in the United States it’s contracting,” said Dane Waters, chair of the Initiative and Referendum Institute at the University of ...

A fight over how easy it should be to change Arkansas' constitution is escalating with this year's second direct democracy ...

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin approved Wednesday (May 21) the popular name and ballot title for a proposed ...

“Globally, as there’s movements to expand direct democracy, in the United States it’s contracting,” said Dane Waters, chair of the Initiative and Referendum Institute at the University of Southern ...

A citizen ballot initiative could significantly change how people get health care coverage in Utah, if it can clear some big hurdles to get on the ballot next year.

Republican elected officials are trying to roll back passed measures and place restrictions on citizen-led initiatives.