
the decisions ultimately should be made by the people as expressed to their elected representatives.
Topic · on the record
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the decisions ultimately should be made by the people as expressed to their elected representatives.

Completely separates the government from the control of the people, which is the very definition of a democracy.

We must celebrate increases in voter participation, not respond with restrictions on voter access.

The women and men of the Capitol Police are heroes. Their actions on January 6th saved our lives and may well have saved our democracy.

Education is the foundation of our democracy. If we fail to invest in our schools, we fail our future.

My question is, is there anyone that believes in a democratic republic among my friends who happened to be Republicans?

How we respond to the crisis of democracy in Burma is going to be a test of how the United States responds to the crisis of democracy throughout the world.

the military coup is unacceptable, and I would hope that the military would stop killing people and we need to reverse the coup.

We're in agreement that the military should restore democracy and return back power to the civilian government.

This is a solution to a problem that doesn`t exist. It is designed to disenfranchise Kansans and make it more difficult for them to participate in the democratic process, not to stop voter fraud.

One of our most sacred rights in this country is the right to vote.

States are responding to Americans' participation in democracy by moving to curtail access, introducing suppressive voting legislation at an alarming rate.

Indeed, as the U.S. Supreme Court observed in Wesberry v. Sanders, 'other rights, even the most basic, are illusory if the right to vote is undermined.'

Laws that govern your right to vote should be made at the level of government closest to the people.

We need to protect the right to vote and expand access to voting.

Cheating undermines the integrity of our democracy and threatens the very fabric of our society.