ADVERTISEMENTLast Tuesday, Arizona joined Colorado, Maine and Washington by qualifying an initiative to raise the minimum wage for the November ballot. But direct democracy is changing that political dynamic, allowing ordinary citizens to pass desperately needed laws that their elected officials can't or won't enact. Women make up two thirds of all minimum wage workers, but less than a quarter of state legislators. Rather than sitting out this election, workers earning low wages and their friends, families, and entire communities will have a very personal reason to vote in November. Americans have lost faith in the political process and no longer trust that elected officials will pass laws that work for them.

Source: Huffington Post September 09, 2016 21:11 UTC