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| • | Direct democracy comprises a form of democracy and theory of civics wherein all citizens can directly participate in the political decision-making process. Some proposed systems would give people both judicial and legislative powers, but most extant systems allow input into the legislative process only. Under the traditional form of direct democracy sovereignty was lodged in the assembly of the people. Depending on the particular system, this assembly might pass executive motions (decrees), make law, elect and dismiss officials and conduct trials. Where the assembly elected officials, these were executive agents rather than representatives. This is different than a representative republic where sovereignty is held by a subset of the people, the subset most often chosen by election. This article deals with direct democracy in its modern sense. Modern direct democracy is characterized by three pillars: ·Initiative Source: [wikipedia: direct democracy] |
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| Beyond Plutocracy - True Democracy for America | ||
| hosts the entire content of a full-length free book presenting a redesign of the american government. | ||
| Calling for an American Constitutional Amendment for Voter Initiatives | ||
| voter initiatives assembly to manage, process and select initiatives. nationwide electorate to vote on initiatives at elections. constitutional safeguards to protect assembly from improper influence. | ||
| Coalition for National Referendum | ||
| organization which seeks to use a national referendum to resolve divisive issues in the united states. | ||
| Defacto Elective Voters Of a True Equal Democracy (DEVOTED) | ||
| supports a constitutional amendment using existing technology to allow citizens to vote directly in the law making process. | ||
| Democracy | ||
| details aspects of democracy that are anathema to modern day politicians. | ||
| Direct Democracy Center | ||
| proposes a constitutional amendment to enfranchise all americans into the political process through an electronic polling system connected to every home. contains a repository of information about and links to other efforts to empower all of "the people." | ||
| Direct Democracy League (DDL) | ||
| advocates national and state level constitutional renewal in the united states to meld direct democracy institutions with representative institutions. documents and links. | ||
| Global Referendum | ||
| provides an interface to collect online votes verified by deliverable e-mail addresses on global issues. | ||
| Initiative and Referendum Institute | ||
| non-profit non-partisan research and educational organization dedicated to the expansion of the initiative and referendum process in the us. | ||
| National Initiative For Democracy | ||
| seeks a constititutional amendment to establish a "legislature of the people" in the united states. describes rationale and basic principles, outlines action plan, and links to activism resources. | ||
| ReDemocracy | ||
| seeks a five-year trial where the authority of only the non-emergency powers of only the u.s. house of representatives is vested in the people through periodic electronic, phone and absentee or usps mail voting. | ||
| Worldwide Direct Democracy Movement | ||
| the official web site of the worldwide direct democracy movement founded in greece in the year 2000. | ||
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