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Direct democracy
form of democracy where people decide on policy directly / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Direct democracy, which is also called pure democracy, is a democracy in which the decisions are not taken by representatives. All decisions are voted on by the people.[1] When a budget or law needs to be passed, then the idea goes to the people. Governments of modern countries rarely make laws this way.
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