Podcast on Citizens’ Initiative Reviews
From Facilitating Public Deliberation: Linn Davis leads Healthy Democracy’s program development and process design. He coordinates Healthy Democracy’s complex public processes, trains its...
From Facilitating Public Deliberation: Linn Davis leads Healthy Democracy’s program development and process design. He coordinates Healthy Democracy’s complex public processes, trains its...
From Portland Tribune: Forty Oregonians, just under half the size of the Legislature, will meet online during the next six weeks...
From KTVZ News Channel 21: PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregonians from all walks of life will participate in the state’s first...
From medium.com/participo: Linn Davis is a program manager at Healthy Democracy, a US-based nonpartisan non-profit that designs and coordinates deliberative democracy...
From swissinfo.ch: A Swiss experiment bringing together a group of citizens to prepare an informational sheet for February’s national vote has...
In this episode, Jefferson Smith talks with Linn Davis, Healthy Democracy Program Manager. Linn oversees the Citizens Initiative Review, in...
From Ruralite: On a Saturday morning in August, Mike and Jeanney McArthur gather in their living room with urban visitors...
From Salon: . . . What’s a good regional example? At the regional/state level, it is worth highlighting the impact...
From Clackamas Review: Milwaukie city officials this month received a ruling from a Citizens Jury on Council Compensation calling for increased...
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...