California is ruled by Democrats, but it's also one of the most small-D democratic states in the nation. Direct democracy – or legislating through the ballot – has been baked into the Golden State's ...

The word “democracy” isn’t anywhere on the statewide ballot. But you will find nonsense pretending to be democracy. Before each statewide election, I read every word of the ballot, the voter guide and ...

You know those people who tell us that “democracy is on the ballot”? They are misinformed. The word “democracy” isn’t anywhere on the statewide ballot. But you will find nonsense pretending to be ...

The debate about direct democracy versus representative democracy goes back many years. Our founders selected representative ...

Deliberative democracy is now officially entangled in state bureaucracy. And that's good news. Last year, all 247,000 of California's state government workers gained access to a new digital democracy ...

Connecting California Columnist and Editor, Zócalo Public Square, Fellow at the Center for Social Cohesion at Arizona State University and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden ...

Editor’s Note: This article is part of U.S. Democracy Day, a nationwide collaborative on Sept. 15, the International Day of Democracy, in which news organizations cover how democracy works and the ...

Voters cast their ballots at the Ludwick Community Center in San Luis Obispo on June 5, 2018. California registered voters can find their local polling places for the Tuesday, Nov. 6, election via a ...