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• 03/23/2004
  • New front page with a brief introductory video by Senator Gravel.
• 05/28/2003
• Posted a press release announcing the start of Internet voting on the Press page.
• 03/11/2003
• The Sponsor's Report has been renamed the Parrish Report in honor of former Chief of Staff David Parrish.
• 11/29/2002
• Posted Direct Democracy and Civic Maturation by Alan Hirsch on the Library page.
• 10/28/2002
  • Posted a press release announcing the start of the election for the National Initiative in Portland, Maine on the Press page.

• 10/19/2002
  • Published another update to the Parrish Report.
  • Posted pre-release audios of Senator Gravel's radio ads re the election for the National Initiative being conducted in Portland, Maine beginning October 25, 2002, on the Press page.

• 10/8/2002
  • Published an update to the Parrish Report.

• 10/7/2002
  • Published "Final" versions of the Democracy Amendment and the Democracy Act.

• 10/5/2002
  • Corrected an inadvertent omission in the Ballot section of the Democracy Act.

• 10/3/2002
  • Published "pre-final" versions of the Democracy Amendment and the Democracy Act. The Act was modified to reflect the final content of the Ballot.

• 09/27/2002
  • Added a larger (1.1 megabyte) graphic version of the proclamation announcing the start of the election for the National Initiative.

• 09/17/2002
  • Senator Gravel and his colleagues formally announce the election for the enactment of the National Initiative. View the official proclamation. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

• 08/27/2002
  • Published revised drafts of the Democracy Amendment and the Sponsor's Report, eliminating Section 8 of the Amendment and the associated seven-year limitation on the conduct of the election for the National Initiative.
  • Minor updates to the Overview, Sponsor's Report, FAQ and Action Plan to reflect the beginning of the electoral campaign beginning in the fourth quarter of 2002.

• 06/21/2002
  • Published the June 20, 2002 drafts of the Democracy Amendment, the Democracy Act and the Sponsor's Report.

• 05/03/2002
  • Added functionality that will permit anyone to be notified by e-mail whenever the NI4D.org Home Page is updated. Users can sign up for this new capability by entering their e-mail addresses under "Monitor Page For Changes" in the left margin of the Home Page.

• 04/30/2002
  • Published new versions of the Democracy Amendment and the Democracy Act.
  • Posted the Sponsors Report, which provides a summary and section-by-section analysis of the Amendment and the Act.

• 04/08/2002
  • Added a link to the The Constitutional Scholar on the Links page.

• 03/06/2002
  • Added a link to the National Initiative News on the Resources page.

• 02/25/2002
  • Revised drafts of the Democracy Act and Democracy Amendment have been published reflecting the results of the Democracy Symposium.

• 02/24/2002
  • Posted a brief summary of the Democracy Symposium on the Press page.

• 02/10/2002
  • Posted articles by Holman and Stern, and Becker and Slaton on the Library page. These papers will be presented at the Democracy Symposium on February 16 - 18, 2002.

• 02/09/2002
  • Posted articles by Alexander Keyssar, William T. Mayton, Richard D. Parker, Kenneth F. Warren, Paul Jacob, Gregory Fossedal and Edward McGlynn Gaffney, Jr. on the Library page. These papers will be presented at the Democracy Symposium on February 16 - 18, 2002.

• 02/04/2002
  • Posted articles by Akhil Reed Amar, Brian Beedham, Robert Stern and Mark Graber on the Library page. These papers will be presented at the Democracy Symposium on February 16 - 18, 2002.

• 01/22/2002
  • Posted a minor update to the First Principles page, making explicit reference to the Virginia Declaration of Rights.

• 01/18/2002
  • Posted articles by Todd Donovan, Caroline J. Tolbert and M. Dane Waters on the Library page. These papers will be presented at the Democracy Symposium on February 16 - 18, 2002.

• 01/14/2002
  • Published Sponsors Report re the Democracy Act.

• 12/14/2001
  • Published the Preview Edition of Ordinary People Doing The Extraordinary, the story of Ed and Joyce Koupal and the Initiative Process on the Library page.
  • Added a link to The Committee For Direct Democracy on the Links page.

• 12/02/2001
  • Added a link to James Madison on the Library page.

• 11/27/2001
  • Added a Brochures page under the Resources page. Posted a downloadable brochure and flyer that can be downloaded, printed and distributed locally.

• 11/22/2001
  • Elliott Jacobson has joined Philadelphia II's Board of Advisors.
  • Added a Democracy In The News section to the Library page.

• 10/24/2001
  • Posted a revision to the draft Democracy Amendment.
  • Posted a revision to the draft Democracy Act.
  • The Democracy Foundation announces the Democracy Symposium, to be held February 16 - 18, 2002 in historic Williamsburg, Virginia.
  • The National Initiative For Democracy web site (www.ni4d.org) replaces its predecessor, www.p2dd.org.