#directdemocracy

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Miguel Afonso Caetano @remixtures@tldr.nettime.org

**Miguel Afonso Caetano** @remixtures@tldr.nettime.org · Jun 2

Jun 2

"The battle between direct democracy and representative government isn’t new, and it hasn’t always been the domain of just Republicans. Democrats have done the same thing, although perhaps not with the same frequency, when voters have taken steps they had campaigned against.

What’s different now, political observers say, is that the tension has reached a new level. State lawmakers, primarily Republicans the past few years, are routinely trying to undermine voter majorities.

“This is very much connected to the rise of authoritarianism that we’ve seen across the country,” said Chris Melody Fields Figueredo, executive director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, a nonprofit that tracks and supports ballot measures across the 26 states and the District of Columbia that allow some form of direct democracy. “They can’t win fairly, so they’re trying to rewrite the rules to get their way no matter what a majority of folks in their state wants.”"

https://www.propublica.org/article/red-state-ballot-initiatives-gop-republicans-florida-missouri?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1748797212&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

ProPublicaRed State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them.

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#USA #GOP #Republicans

**Joe E. T.** @AFWorld@mastodon.social · May 27

May 27

Hi,

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**Joe E. T.** @AFWorld@mastodon.social · May 27

May 27

Hello,

In https://www.alwaysfree.world, you can download the free AFW Trilogy. You may also join https://www.facebook.com/groups/afwet

Find the AFW - INTRODUCTION in the images.

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Joe E. T.

**Joe E. T.** @AFWorld@mastodon.social · May 24 *

May 24 *

Hi,

In https://www.alwaysfree.world, you can download the free AFW Trilogy. You may also join https://www.facebook.com/groups/afwet

Find the AFW - INTRODUCTION in the images.

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Thomas Barrio @homohortus@mastodon.social

**Thomas Barrio** @homohortus@mastodon.social · May 21

May 21

The Swiss Landsgemeinde: Between Democratic Myth and Local Reality

The Landsgemeinde, Switzerland’s open-air popular assembly, fascinates as a symbol of direct democracy. But what is its real scope? Participation, limits, hybridization with representation: let’s take a closer look at this inspiring yet nuanced model. #DirectDemocracy #Switzerland #Landsgemeinde #CivicParticipation The Swiss Landsgemeinde, the open-air assembly where citizens vote by a show of hands,…

https://homohortus31.wordpress.com/2025/05/21/the-swiss-landsgemeinde-between-democratic-myth-and-local-reality/

Homo Hortus · May 21The Swiss Landsgemeinde: Between Democratic Myth and Local RealityThe Landsgemeinde, Switzerland’s open-air popular assembly, fascinates as a symbol of direct democracy. But what is its real scope? Participation, limits, hybridization with representation: let’s t…

**juliette** @juliette@mastodon.green · May 12

May 12

juliette @juliette@mastodon.green

Aside from all the lovely folks here, I have just asked 3 friends to add their names to the initiative to ban conversion therapy across the EU. We are a third of the way there, so if everyone who signed can convince at least 2 others to do so, we will reach the target. 660,000 people is a big number. 2 friends or family members is a small number.
Let’s do this: https://eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/screen/home
#DirectDemocracy #activism

**Joe E. T.** @AFWorld@mastodon.social · May 1 *

May 1 *

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