It is not too far a stretch of our collective imagination to deduce that antidemocratic forces have continued to whittle away ...

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

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 ...

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

Nancy Pelosi calls the January 6 attack an attempted coup incited by Donald Trump, describing it as a direct assault on ...

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

A political firestorm has erupted in West Bengal following Enforcement Directorate raids on the offices of election strategy ...