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☆ Power to the People? Only Half Have the Right to Propose and Pass Laws
  + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Associated Press | Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +8 min
But that outburst of direct democracy has been limited to just half the states. About 167 million people live in 25 other states where such direct democracy is not currently an option. The number of ballot measures seeking to restrict the initiative and referendum process dipped in 2016 and has since risen. Measures seeking to restrict direct democracy peaked from 1995 to 2004 but significantly outpaced those seeking to expand direct democracy throughout the entire period of 1960 through 2022. Californians have considered 391 ballot initiatives — approving 137 of them — following campaigns that in recent years have cost tens of millions of dollars.
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☆ How a South Dakota Priest Inspired 125 Years of Direct Democracy — and the Fight to Preserve It
  + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Associated Press | Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +9 min
The practice of citizen-originated ballot measures began 125 years ago when South Dakota became the first in the nation to enact a statewide initiative and referendum process. But some still invoke his name in their fight to preserve voters’ ballot measure rights. “It represents for me the fundamental idea of the equal dignity of every human being,” said Heidelberger, who blogs about South Dakota politics. The political conditions were brief but just right in 1897 for lawmakers to approve it; voters passed it the following year. In a memoir compiled by the state Socialist Party, Haire is credited with writing the amendment itself.
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