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Foreign Elections Spending Is Threat To American National Sovereignty (6/23/2019) - It is illegal for any person to solicit, accept, or receive anything of value from… 
Seattle Campaign Finance Program Gives Voters $100 To Donate (6/21/2019) - Seattle City Council candidate Pat Murakami weaves through front yards and porches, knocking on doors… 
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (6/17/2019) - The Koch brothers alone have put hundreds of millions of their dollars into our elections.… 
Analysis Finds a Small Donor Class Funds Oregon Elections (6/17/2019) - As Oregon state legislators consider a package of bills to limit the influence of money… 
One State Could Reshape Campaign Finance And Ethics Reforms (6/16/2019) - In the 2020 election, South Carolina will, once again, be the place that narrows the… 
Trump Administration Refuses to Disclose Census-Related Documents (6/16/2019) - President Trump claimed executive privilege, refuse to hand over documents to opposition Democratic lawmakers investigating… 
How Trump Trade Policy May Harm Overseas And Military Voters (6/23/2019) - The Trump administration has supported plenty of moves to make it harder to vote. But… 
Maine Becomes 16th State to Adopt Automatic Voter Registration (6/22/2019) - Governor Janet Mills signed a bill into law yesterday making Maine the 16th state to… 
Battle Over Georgia Voting Rights Escalates To Federal Court (6/22/2019) - A lawsuit alleging widespread voting problems in Georgia is pursuing an ambitious solution: restoration of… 
New York Senate Approves Automatic Voter Registration Bill (6/22/2019) - New York's state Senate on Wednesday approved an automatic voter registration bill, sending the legislation… 
Looking To Increase Voter Registration Of Underrepresented Arizonans (6/21/2019) - The Voter Participation Center is mailing 139,000 voter registration forms to Arizona residents.The group is… 
College Campus Voting Access Threatened By New Florida Election Law (6/21/2019) - A controversial bill surrounding the administration of elections isn’t sitting well with those who fought… 
Watchdogs Sue for Access to Information On Voting Machines Security (6/22/2019) - Free Speech For People files lawsuit on behalf of NEDC to uncover communications about election… 
North Carolina Wants To Know Who Owns Voting Machine Makers (6/21/2019) - North Carolina won’t clear voting-machine makers to sell their systems to county elections boards until… 
FBI Questioned On Russian Hack Of Tennessee Voting Firm (6/17/2019) - Two U.S. senators asked the FBI to explain what it has done to investigate the… 
A Voting Machine Company Pushing For New Election Security Laws (6/16/2019) - Major voting machine vendor reversed course and urged Congress to pass legislation mandating paper trails… 
Podcast: Will Artificial Intelligence Destroy Democracy? (6/13/2019) - Some political scientists and democracy scholars think that it might. Inequality will rise as jobs… 
Towards A More Democratic Governance Of Blockchain Networks (6/11/2019) - Blockchain-based voting has long been looked at as a use case for the technology –… 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.
White House Asserts Executive Privilege in Census Fight (6/23/2019) - President Trump has asserted executive privilege over documents that were subpoenaed by Congress related to… 
In 2021, Voting Districts Will Be Redrawn Across The Country (6/21/2019) - In 2018, voters in five states passed reforms by overwhelming bipartisan margins to make future… 
Supreme Court Hands Virginia Democrats A Win In Gerrymandering Case (6/18/2019) - The Supreme Court has ruled against the Virginia House of Delegates in a racial gerrymandering… 
Will The Supreme Court Throw A Wrench Into Virginia Politics Soon? (6/11/2019) - Supreme Court could throw a wrench into Virginia politics with decision expected this month. The… 
Anti-Gerrymandering Group Targets Massachusetts Reforms (6/8/2019) - In Massachusetts, Take Back Our Republic first wants to register people to vote and hear… 
Supremes Underestimate Today’s Hyperpartisan Gerrymandering (6/7/2019) - Democrats and Republicans have not been so bitterly divided along partisan lines since Reconstruction or… Watchdogs Sue for Access to Information On Voting Machines Security (6/22/2019) - Free Speech For People files lawsuit on behalf of NEDC to uncover communications about election… North Carolina Wants To Know Who Owns Voting Machine Makers (6/21/2019) - North Carolina won’t clear voting-machine makers to sell their systems to county elections boards until… A Voting Machine Company Pushing For New Election Security Laws (6/16/2019) - Major voting machine vendor reversed course and urged Congress to pass legislation mandating paper trails… 
At Odds With GOP, Trump Declares Support For Paper Voting (6/6/2019) - President Donald Trump on Thursday broke from some of his fellow Republicans by calling for… 
States And Federal Government Clash Over Voting Machine Standards (6/2/2019) - State officials say security updates contained in Election Assistance Commission's new Voluntary Voting System Guidelines… 
New Texas Voting Machines Scheduled To Roll Out In November (5/25/2019) - Bexar County Elections Administrator Jacque told commissioners the new machines from the company Election Systems… Looking To Increase Voter Registration Of Underrepresented Arizonans (6/21/2019) - The Voter Participation Center is mailing 139,000 voter registration forms to Arizona residents.The group is… 
Does NYC’s Early Voting Plan Favor White, Affluent Voters? (5/20/2019) - An analysis from three advocacy groups shows New York City’s plan for early voting in… 
New Nevada Law Improves Access to Polling Locations on Tribal Lands (5/17/2019) - Governor Steve Sisolak has signed a bill into law that removes barriers to voting on… 
National Urban League Focusing on Minority Voting in 2020 (5/9/2019) - Voter suppression and Russian interference are some of the greatest barriers to minority voting in… 
Straight Talk on Race Becoming A Must for White Candidates (4/25/2019) - Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper spoke of the "shame" he felt that some white people… 
Discrimination And Suppression Of Native American Voters In Dakotas (4/19/2019) - Voter ID law and manipulated legislative boundaries are among ways Native Americans' votes are diluted… Join the American Democracy Movement With DC!
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