direct democracy in the US

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    • what is a ballot initiative?
      a proposal that is placed on the ballot for voters to vote on. can be to get a law passed
    • what is a recall election?
      a vote to recall a state official
    • what was the most recent recall of a state official?
      The last governor to face recall, and only the second in US history, to
      be successfully removed, was Gray Davis for California and replaced
      by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
    • example of a referendum in the US
      In 2018, one example was in Alabama where 78% of voters supported
      an amendment to the state constitution allowing the display of the
      Ten Commandments in state courthouses.
    • what is a referendum used for?
      to get the public’s opinion on a piece of legislation
    • is the majority of democracy in the US direct or indirect?
      indirect
    • why did the framers want most of the democracy in the US to be indirect?
      They did not want the will of the general public being put into laws