Swiss town tests citizen panel to help voters analyse information
From swissinfo.ch: The municipality of Sion in southwestern Switzerland is planning a participative democracy experiment, first tried out in the US...
From swissinfo.ch: The municipality of Sion in southwestern Switzerland is planning a participative democracy experiment, first tried out in the US...
From The Constitution Unit at University College London: The report, Doing Democracy Better: How Can Information and Discourse in Election and...
From Knowable Magazine: As hard as it may be to believe — especially in times of government shutdowns and partisan paralysis...
From swissinfo.ch: In Switzerland, issues up for vote are typically complex and the interests of different parties are often difficult...
From WGBH News: Across the state, in mailboxes, libraries and lobbies, there are stacks of Massachusetts voter guides. The red booklet...
From Fox & Hounds: Where was the media? The Citizens Initiative Review – the best proven way we have to evaluate...
From WWLP 22 News: BOSTON (WWLP) – State lawmakers are working to make voting easier on election day. Ballot questions...
From Fox & Hounds: Californians have a love-hate relationship with the Initiative process. Recent surveys by PPIC show that two-thirds...
From MassLive: Massachusetts voters who read an independently produced statement about the marijuana legalization ballot question felt better informed about...
Ashley Trim of the Davenport Institute at Pepperdine University writes about the challenges of the California initiative system and the unique democratic power of the Citizens Initiative Review. Via People2Power.
From the Pepperdine University Graphic: The Pepperdine School of Public Policy is continuing its work from last semester on a...
From MassLive: Legalized marijuana in Massachusetts would be safer than marijuana bought on the black market, because it would be tested...
From Oregon Public Broadcasting: What happens when you put 20 average Oregonians in a room and ask them to spend four...
From the Albany Democrat-Herald: The members of the Citizens’ Initiative Review panel that was examining Measure 97, the proposal for...
From Governing magazine: . . . Other states have taken their own steps to amplify citizen voices and drown out special...
From The Oregonian: Now that it has qualified for the ballot, there has been a predictable increase in public discourse about...
From the Albany Democrat-Herald: Next month, 24 randomly selected Oregon voters will gather at Western Oregon University in Monmouth to weigh the...
From MassLive: A group of politicians and academics — including former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis — are piloting a program to...
From Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government: Cambridge, Mass. – May 5, 2015 – Today the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and...
From NPR: Ben Hamilton walks down the salad dressing aisle at his neighborhood grocery store in west Denver. The human resources...
From KDRV Newswatch 12: CENTRAL POINT, Ore. — The statewide debate about labeling foods containing genetically modified organisms might not...
From KUNC: Colorado voters will have extra help making up their minds about a ballot initiative to label genetically modified foods....
From The Portland Tribune: If the vote by a Citizens’ Initiative Review panel is any indication, the arguments will be robust...
From The Oregonian: A 20-member citizens panel has narrowly voted against recommending passage of the Oregon Mandatory Labeling of GMOs initiative....
From KOIN 6: A citizen review panel is narrowly opposing an Oregon ballot measure to require labeling of genetically modified foods....
Monday, August 12 marked Farres Alkhaiyer’s first day with Healthy Democracy. Farres joins Healthy Democracy as a fellow in the 2019-2020...
Five thousand randomly selected Milwaukie households were mailed a letter this week, giving individuals in those households a chance to...
John Frohnmayer was the keynote speaker at the Healthy Democracy 10th Anniversary Celebration on April 8, 2019. Enjoy his words...
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