When the People Decide
Series produced by Jenna Spinelle
A narrative series from the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State that explores what happens when people vote directly on issues through ballot initiatives — and what happens when everyday citizens decide to take a more active role in our democracy by organizing ballot measure campaigns.
America’s founders were famously skeptical of direct democracy, citing fears of mob rule if people had too much power. Since then, however, the initiative and referendum process has emerged as one way that citizens in some states can vote directly on policy and join forces to bring issues they care about directly to their fellow voters.
When the People Decide, a podcast from the McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State, explores the promise — and sometimes peril — that ballot initiatives have brought to American democracy by telling the stories of people who have organized initiative campaigns across the country.
8 Pieces
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