The decision reverses a ruling from a lower court, which sided with Republican official's claims that the proposal was ...

The case centers on Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins' decision last month to block the campaign and declare it unconstitutional.

The state's highest court, in two orders issued Thursday, ruled that it would take up both cases on Sept. 2, ...

A judge upheld Secretary of State's determination that the ballot measure violated the state's single-subject rule and U.S. Constitution.

Missourians will soon decide whether to dramatically weaken their own power at the ballot box when voters across the state consider Amendment 4. The proposed constitutional amendment will appear on ...

At the national level, petitioning Congress peaked in the 19th century but has declined since then. In the 19th century disenfranchised citizens, including women before suffrage, free blacks, and ...

Direct democracy campaign unloads boxes of signatures to deliver to the Secretary of State. Credit: Brian Chilson Protect AR Rights today submitted 108,837 signatures to the Secretary of State’s ...

Bill Kopsky, direct democracy fan. After much confusion-mongering and misdirection from Republican officials and other political powers that be, it’s understandable that Arkansans are scratching their ...

Ernie Dumas, a venerated Arkansas political journalist, has an opinion essay and historical essay--that's the same piece--in the latest Arkansas Times magazine that you really ought to read. The ...