hi! the answer should be “a representative democracy.”
according to the article, it says “..the townspeople voted to end the town meetings and to instead elect — town council members who would be responsible for hearing citizens’ concerns and attending regular council meetings”
this shows a representative democracy! according to the definition of this, it means, “ is a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy.”, which is exactly what has happened here in the article!
hope this helped!:)