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How Restaurant Workers Pay for Lobbying to Keep Their Wages Low (1/26/2023) - Restaurant workers have fought for higher wages for long. Yet, they may unwittingly be paying… 
10 Ways Citizens United Is Damaging Our Democracy (1/26/2023) - “Protecting democracy” was the top issue listed by voters as an “extremely important” reason they… 
The Christian Evangelical Church (1/22/2023) - I am not against Big Business having a voice, just not all the voices, and… 
Report: Enhancing Security Through Rethinking Election Funding (1/20/2023) - Elections cost American taxpayers approximately $2 billion per year—a figure that may grow to $5… 
Study Examines Influence Of Secret Donors In US Politics (1/12/2023) - How dark money is influencing who controls Washington is one of the controversial issues raised… 
New York Lawmakers Become Nation’s Highest-Paid (1/7/2023) - A new bill signed Saturday has made New York's state legislators the highest paid in… 
Supreme Court May Mull New Change To The Voting Rights Act (1/20/2023) - If those seeking a narrowing of the VRA are successful, it would significantly diminish the… 
Momentum Gathers To Improve 2030 Census (1/20/2023) - The Census Bureau has begun to prepare for next decennial count. As part of preparations,… 
GOP Action On Mail Ballot Timelines Angers Military Families (1/20/2023) - Ohio’s restrictive new election law...shortens window for mailed ballots despite no evidence that the extended… 
Officials Urged To Modernize New York’s Election Systems (1/12/2023) - One of the initiatives New York officials are concentrating on is making it simpler to… 
Oregon Teen’s Activism Could Lead To Lower Voting Age (1/12/2023) - A 15-year-old’s political activism could result in Oregon legislators considering giving 16- and 17-year-olds the… 
Ohio Voters Will Need Photo ID For In-Person Voting (1/12/2023) - Ohio – Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday signed a bill that will require Ohio voters… 
How ChatGPT Hijacks Democracy (1/26/2023) - Launched just weeks ago, ChatGPT already poses a threat to how we draft everyday communications… 
Will Generative Artificial Intelligence Kill Democracy? (1/20/2023) - Experts draw attention to the role played by social media in the violence committed by… 
How Brazil’s Insurrection Was Fueled By Tech Platforms (1/20/2023) - Armed with weapons, mobile phones and conspiracy theories, groups [that were created] on Telegram led… 
C-SPAN Won’t Solve Your Democracy Problem, America (1/20/2023) - Live video of lawmakers chatting on the House floor is interesting to some, but the… 
Field Experiment Shows How Digital Advertising Affects Voter Turnout (1/20/2023) - Differential mobilization effects of even large digital advertising campaigns in presidential elections are likely to… 
Twitter Reverses Longstanding Ban On Political Advertising (1/7/2023) - Twitter says it was relaxing its ban on political and issue-based advertising, a reversal of… rebirth of american democracy
The most important and revolutionary attribute of the American republican form of government has always been that it utilizes a system of popular elections to fill key positions. As everyone knows, the first American elections were only for white landowning men. But despite these extreme limits on access and often violent policy making (Native American genocide and the institution of slavery in particular), it really was the world’s first mass democratic election. This wasn’t an election among a few thousand nobility in a single city.
In George Washington’s first election in 1789, nearly one million people voted in an honest contest to choose their own leadership. The Founding Fathers‘ greatest legacy is that the country has been holding increasingly inclusive free and fair elections at the national, state and local levels at least every two years for over 230 years without interruption. Despite all the faults of the Founding Fathers, this is quite a legacy.
That being said, the quality of elections in modern America is arguably worse than it used to be. Democracy Chronicles hopes to include the latest news on all efforts to examine and reform American elections and to expose our readers to discussion on this topic in such a way as to reflect the diversity of debate on the subject. This rigorous focus on every aspect of election law in the United States should be interesting to even international readers and we have intentionally set up our website to place American democracy news right next to our coverage on world democracy. After all, the struggle for more democracy is universal.
Local Kentucky Races Decided By Coin Toss (11/13/2022) - When there is a tie in an election, how do you make a decision? According… 
Billionaire Mark Cuban Promotes New Voting System (11/7/2022) - Cuban believes that the two-party system is not fair and does not represent a large… 
Louisiana Uses ‘Jungle Primaries’. What Does That Mean? (10/20/2022) - In a “jungle primary” or “majority vote primary,” all candidates regardless of party run against… 
Support Builds For Portland Single Transferable Vote Initiative (10/13/2022) - Portland, Oregon voters will decide whether to pass an initiative for single transferable voting, a… 
The “Independent” State Legislature In Republican Theory (9/23/2022) - The autonomous state legislative theory runs contrary to the 12 Amendment's anticipated democratizing impact on… 
Alaska Election Results Show Why Condorcet Is Obsolete (9/23/2022) - Ever since Mama Bear Sarah Palin lost in recent elections in Arizona, MAGA Republicans are… Field Experiment Shows How Digital Advertising Affects Voter Turnout (1/20/2023) - Differential mobilization effects of even large digital advertising campaigns in presidential elections are likely to… 
Study: 2020 Election Resulted In Increased Anxiety And Depression (1/7/2023) - A review of 2020 Household Pulse Survey data reveals that as an election nears, people… 
COVID-19 And Voter Turnout In The 2020 Election (1/3/2023) - COVID-death rates depressed turnout somewhat from 2016 levels, contributed to increased use of mail and… 
First Impressions Are Strongly Influenced By Political Partisanship (12/22/2022) - How we perceive strangers or the impressions we have about them, particularly their faces, is… 
Study Finds Expanding Voting Rights Can Reduce Violence (10/17/2022) - As showcased by the impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the extension of… 
How Children Can Contribute To Build Better Democracies (9/29/2022) - Children are often left out in discussions on participative democracy. Yet, and interestingly so, can… 
118th Congress Hardly Reflects Modern American Religion (1/12/2023) - Religiously speaking, the incoming 118th Congress looks like America — that is, the America of… 
Georgia’s Racial Turnout Gap Grew In 2022 (12/22/2022) - Despite high voter turnout in last month’s election, the racial turnout gap was larger than… 
US Voters With Disabilities Face Maze Of New Restrictions (11/9/2022) - Nearly 18 million Americans with disabilities voted in the 2020 election, but new [legislation] this… 
Massive Disenfranchisement and Racial Disparities in 2022 Texas (10/20/2022) - Data from the March primary shows that just one of the bill’s many provisions caused… 
Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, To Illustrate The Story (10/13/2022) - Ron DeSantis’ arrest of 20 ex-felons for voting is unveiled MAGA republican attempt to undermine… 
On Reserving Seats For Women’s numbers in Africa (9/29/2022) - Reserved seats for women in parliament in African countries is not a new initiative but… join the democracy movement with DC!
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