Legislature of the People
Committee For Direct Democracy
A series of essays by Dawn Pisturino on the relationships between democracy, economics, terrorism, and other social issues. (This site has now disappeared. This link goes to archive.org)
The Direct Democracy Center
Created by Daniel B. Jeffs, author of "America's Crisis", proposing an alternative direct democracy constitutional amendment.
Initiative & Referendum Institute
An outstanding compendium of historic and current
information relating to I&R.
Innovations In Democracy
A project of the Co-Intelligence Institute with links to innovative practices, ideas, organizations and references useful for building wiser democracies.
The People's Lobby
Revived the grassroots initiative process in California, spearheaded its spread through 18 states with the Western Bloc.
Teledemocracy Action News + Network
Dedicated to the creative use of modern technologies and face-to-face deliberative techniques that empower citizens to have authentic input into political systems at all levels of governance.
Vote.org
A site promoting citizen law-making and the technology that supports it. The site's authors are Evan Ravitz and Vince Campbell.
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Election.com
The company whose technology was used in the Arizona 2000 Democratic Primary.
Safevote.com
A leading supplier of secure Internet voting solutions. Their system was successfully used in Contra Costa County, California, in the 2000 election.
Votehere.net
Another leading supplier of secure Internet voting solutions.
Vivarto Technologies/Voting Systems
Representative and direct democracy voting technology by Mikael Nordfors.
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The Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution functions as an independent analyst and critic, and serving as a bridge between scholarship and public policy.
The Cato Institute
Promoting Public Policy Based on Individual Liberty, Limited Government, Free Markets and Peace.
The Heritage Foundation
The Heritage Foundation is committed to building an America where freedom, opportunity, prosperity and civil society flourish.
The Kelso Institute
Dedicated to the work of Louis Kelso, the founder of economic democracy.
The Institute For Public Accuracy
As a nationwide consortium of policy researchers, the Institute for Public Accuracy seeks to broaden public discourse by gaining media access for those whose perspectives are commonly drowned out by corporate-backed think tanks and other influential institutions.
The Internet Policy Institute
The nation's first independent, nonprofit research and educational institute created to provide objective, high-quality analysis, research, education, and outreach on public policy issues affecting and affected by use of the Internet.
U.S. Term Limits
U.S. Term Limits leads the most successful grassroots movement since women's suffrage, serving as the voice for the great majority of Americans who support term limits for the United States Congress.
World Federalist Association of Northern California
World Federalists explore and advocate a wide range of paths to fulfilling the vision of a democratic world federation.
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