What’s a referendum? In the US, citizens have the power of initiative and referendum in 26 states — but only at the state and local level. We have never had NATIONAL REFERENDUM, making the US an anti-democratic outlier.

#Referendum
#DirectDemocracy

Happy to see my chapter on #directdemocracy out!

It shows that referendums have become a widely used tool far beyond Switzerland. Our meta-analyses find that direct democracy can have important positive effects, eg strengthening citizens’ sense that they have a say link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...

2008 Declaration of Independence

Mike Gravel’s plan for national #DirectDemocracy in the US:

Government derives its powers from the consent of the governed, but when it becomes “destructive of the people's rights, it is the DUTY …of the people to change the government …”

youtu.be/wdzmP9psPcU

Tomorrow, the first ever Chair on Comparative Direct Democracy is established @univcatholille.bsky.social, supported by Swiss Democracy Foundation and @democracyintl.bsky.social, the new hub for our Direct Democracy Navigator project.
👉 https://f.mtr.cool/kkuqsbqenr

#DirectDemocracy

#DirectDemocracy and the legal right of ordinary citizens to call for a RECALL. In a functioning democracy, the availability of tools like recall elections or to recall politicians gone rogue, serves a deeper purpose than simply enabling the public to remove elected officials at ...

How to recall a politician. We don’t have this in the United States on the national level. This needs to change. The right to recall (fire) politicians MUST be part of any movement toward national direct democracy.

Accountability.

Recall Election aka Recall Referendum

#DirectDemocracy

France's Direct Democracy Debate: A Battle Won and Lost | Democracy International A groundbreaking proposal to give citizens real power is shaking up French politics, and the battle lines couldn't be clearer.In the gilded halls of the French National Assembly, something remarkable ...

France's Direct Democracy Debate: A Battle Won and Lost

A groundbreaking proposal to give citizens real power is shaking up French politics, and the battle lines couldn't be clearer.

Green Party MP Marie Pochon led the citizen demand inspired by Oregon, USA.

#DirectDemocracy
#GreenParty
#Oregon

Direct Democracy vs. “Representative Democracy” by Sim Kern on IG. 1/2

#DirectDemocracy
#EliteCapture

#DirectDemocracy is a powerful response to democratic decline.

We’ve launched a Chair in Comparative Direct Democracy with Université catholique de Lille & Swiss Democracy Foundation.

Join us on 27 March 2026, 12:00–16:00. Be part of the conversation.

#CivicEngagement

“In the United States we have a [fake] representative democracy.”

#DirectDemocracy
#DirectDemocracyUSA

Mike Gravel’s NI4D (National Initiative for Democracy) project. This was 18 years ago. How ‘bout now? 🧵

#DirectDemocracy or #ParliamentarySystem. The septic PRIVATE, CORPORATE
💀🔵🔴💀 #duopoly MUST be destroyed.

#DirectDemocracy

Switzerland is governed by Direct Democracy. It’s a hybrid, really. But the politicians can be recalled (fired) and laws they pass can be reversed via referendum.

#DirectDemocracy provides mechanisms for accountability. We don’t have this in the US. That needs to change. ASAP.

See Switzerland at number 2? #DirectDemocracy

Mike Huckabee and Tucker Carlson accidentally made the case for Direct Democracy. This was a week or so before the government launched the war on Iranian schoolgirls.

#DirectDemocracy

Direct Democracy USA 🧵

#DirectDemocracy
#DirectDemocracyUSA

#TrueThat.

A republic is more easily, more reliably, captured or manipulated than a #DirectDemocracy.

Still measures against tyranny of the majority must be considered.
Contemporary voters who are Now slipping into minority plurality status (whyte people), will have this concern.

Power For The People — Take Your Power Back Direct democracy movement. Cryptographic voting. Community-governed power. No corporate kill switch.

powerforthepeople.party check this out, dudes.
Accurate and secure like a Swiss watch, because this voting system is actually used by the Swiss Government for their direct democracy and we can have this too.

No more representative government to be captured by bribery or blackmail. #directdemocracy

Direct democracy is a threat to authoritarianism — which is why it’s so important we protect access to the ballot measure process.
#BallotMeasures #BallotInitiatives #DirectDemocracy #VoterRights

Direct democracy - Wikipedia

Win a #revolution and install #DirectDemocracy return power to the people again.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_...

Yeah we could win the #revolution and install #DirectDemocracy for starters. Return power to the people. Then I suggest we draft an amendment against taking bribes and favors in government positions which will carry a death penalty.

Palestine exposed the facade of representative democracy in the US. It’s been this way for ages, we just didn’t realize it.

This study used data from 1980 to 2000 — long before #CitizensUnited. The “elite” line is probably right on top of the “ideal” line now.

We need #DirectDemocracy.

Mike Huckabee and Tucker Carlson (accidentally) made the case for #DirectDemocracy last week when discussing Iran. Democracy is America is complete myth.

Debate on LR297CA centers on restoring voters’ final say when Legislature alters ballot laws LR297CA, a proposed constitutional amendment, would require voter confirmation when the Legislature amends laws enacted by initiative petition; sponsors and proponents argued it protects voter intent while critics and committee members pressed for clarity on how reconfirmation and implementation timing would work.

Senator Makayla Cavanaugh is pushing for a groundbreaking amendment that would give voters the final say on changes to laws they approved, reigniting the debate on direct democracy in Nebraska.

Click to read more!

#NE #CivicAccountability #LegislativeReform #CitizenPortal #DirectDemocracy

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#Revolution doesn’t happen every lifetime. Embrace it, it means real change. Return power to the people #DirectDemocracy

I mean not personally, but I'll pray for doomsdays. You know. The return of the promised one? the promised son? the golden child of the? where? Yes. #TheOrient. #India. Most-likely one to unified the #Persians and golden ages #reunification, #IndoAsianPacific! #Borderless
#Oneness
#DirectDemocracy

Funders Who Care About Equity Can’t Ignore the Fight Over Ballot Measures Is defending direct democracy too low on philanthropy’s priority list?

Is defending direct democracy too low on philanthropy’s priority list?

Guest Contributors, Elizabeth DiLauro and Sherra Bennett Reports: tinyurl.com/4ph4cd8b

#DirectDemocracy #BallotInitiatives #VotingRights #CivicEngagement #EconomicJustice #ALICEFamilies #DemocracyProtection #Equity

Let's talk about checks and balances. Whenever my fellow Americans are read. I am ready for #DirectDemocracy.

If the folk who created the #bureaucracy + manage it cannot do anything to change it—then what good are they?

Clearly, #directdemocracy is the only way #forward. You know, like #indigenous #colonised peoples across the world have been saying.

Amirite @mehdirhasan.bsky.social ?

The whole point of a #representativedemocracy like the one we’ve got atm over a #directdemocracy is for #efficiency so #WeThePeople can have shared #power + #equal #liberty without all the incessant #meetings.

None of which current #western or #eastern “democratic” countries provide.

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If #socialism, #communism, #anarchism, #directdemocracy means overthrowing the #rulingclass and returning power to the people.
Then fucking sign me up you got another soldier and #vet.
#Revolution