A group of Idaho lawmakers hopes to make it harder to pass citizen-led ballot initiatives, kicking off what is likely to be a protracted fight over the rights residents have to enact legislation on ...

A bill that would make dramatic changes to the state's initiative and referendum process cleared a Senate committee last week and is expected to be heard by the full Senate soon. Supporters of the ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida state lawmakers are advancing legislation that could alter the ballot-initiative process. The House version of the bill, HB 1205, successfully passed a subcommittee this ...

JEFFERSON CITY — Clear. Unbiased. Fair. Accurate. These words drove the conversation at the Respect MO Voters Coalition Policy Summit on Sunday, where voters from around Missouri gathered to decide on ...

For more than a century, Washington voters have had the ability to enact laws through the initiative process. Lawmakers should be reluctant to diminish that right, which is an important method for ...

Tim Eyman has clashed with the legislature repeatedly over the years with many of the initiatives he’s spearheaded. But now the Mukilteo activist is leading a new fight over what he said is an assault ...

JEFFERSON CITY — House resolutions proposing changes to the state’s initiative process got pushback at a hearing Tuesday. Some said proposed changes would effectively limit voting power of urban ...

An organization that implements an effective knowledge management (KM) program should see a substantial payoff: Reducing duplicated work increases productivity; leveraging past experience improves ...

There is a real disfunction in this state over the initiative process. Many people spend their time and money securing signatures on petitions to overturn government laws. This procedure is based on ...

When Arizona became a state in 1912, the founders included in the state’s constitution the ability for citizens to gather signatures in order to put an initiative on the statewide ballot -- Article 4 ...

TALLAHASSEE — A day after the Florida House started moving forward with its version of the plan, the Senate on Friday released a wide-ranging bill that would add restrictions to the state’s ballot ...