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Most Americans are familiar with the idea of indirect democracy, or representative democracy, where you vote for a candidate, such as a
president or a mayor, to represent you in the government. In that process, citizens participate by selecting candidates to support,
volunteering to campaign for candidates, communicating with elected officials about issues of interest, and sometimes even choosing to
become candidates themselves.
Direct democracy is a different form of democratic government. Small towns in New England used direct democracy to govern their
communities when the United States was a young nation. But direct democracy often falls apart with large populations. Parts of American
government today, however, still use direct democracy in certain ways.
Read the article "Initiative, Referendum, and Recall e," which details the three main forms of direct democracy in the United States today.
Part A
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