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Comcast/NBC PAC Gave Money to Matt Gaetz (4/30/2021) - Between 9/29/16 and 7/24/18, Comcast Corp. and NBC Universal PAC – Federal donated at least… 
FEC Explores Measures To Expose ‘Scam PACs’ (4/23/2021) - "Scam PACs" funnel money to their own operatives while investing little on actual political action.… 
Biden White House Is Bad Business For Trump Lobbyists (4/23/2021) - Lobbying companies that thrived under former President Donald Trump are losing corporate clients now that… 
Biden-Linked Lobbyist Quintuples Revenue Since Election (4/22/2021) - A Biden-linked political lobbyist has quintupled revenue since the 2020 election. Corporations believe such lobbyists… 
To Fix Democracy, Get Small Money Into Politics (4/22/2021) - We can only defeat big money by bringing small money into politics, much as the… 
Small Donors Get Behind Headline-Grabbing Lawmakers (4/22/2021) - Democrats have out-raised Republicans in small-donor fundraising, kicking off the 2022 election cycle early -… 
Lawmakers Debate Next Chapter Of Voting Rights Act (4/25/2021) - Members of a House panel debating the future of a law gutted by the conservative… 
Support For Voting Access Plunges Among Republicans: Poll (4/25/2021) - After Trump pushed the big lie in last year's election, Republican voters are voicing fresh… 
Arkansas Republicans Move To Cut Early Voting (4/25/2021) - Arkansas State Senate approved a bill on Thursday night that would eliminate one of the… 
Voting Rights Battle In The South Depends On The Census (4/21/2021) - The Census - and what it means for the next 10 years - was one… 
Voting Rights Milestones in America: A Timeline (4/20/2021) - Voting rights have hit several milestones since America's founding days when it was limited to… 
US Faith Leaders Join In Decrying Voting Restrictions (4/19/2021) - Faith leaders in Georgia, Arizona, and Texas are urging civic and business leaders to oppose… 
How AI Algorithms Can Influence People’s Voting Decisions (4/24/2021) - New research shows that people's voting decisions or preferences for future romantic partners can be… 
The Role Of AI In Democratic Processes (4/24/2021) - AI-powered democracy is being investigated by researchers at the University of Geneva, with Swiss being… 
Official Election Websites Urged To Move To .GOV Domains (4/17/2021) - Election security remains top priority in America. In this regard, official election websites have been… 
Alaska Could Become First State To Use Blockchain Voting (4/17/2021) - Under a new Republican proposal Alaska could be the first state to use blockchain tech… 
Disabled Voter Advocates Press For Internet Voting Options (4/16/2021) - Rights groups want Senate to amend the massive election reform bill passed by the House… 
The Future Of Political Advertising Is Connected TV (4/16/2021) - According to new evidence, political advertising is rapidly migrating to connected TV (CTV), also known… 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.
2 In 3 Americans Voted Using Methods GOP Trying To Restrict (5/2/2021) - Over 2 in 3 Americans voted using methods the GOP is trying to restrict. This… 
Veterans group shifts focus from military voting to bigger election reforms (5/1/2021) - A coalition of prominent veterans and defense officials is turning their focus from military voting… 
Seven Utah County Cities Opt In To Ranked Voting Pilot (4/25/2021) - So far, seven cities in Utah County have announced that they plan to use ranked-choice… 
Parties Benefit By Running Nominees in Unwinnable Races (4/21/2021) - Despite a Republican foothold, when Southern Democrats ran a candidate for state legislature, it increased… 
Golf Balls Used To Decide Tied Election In Illinois Town (4/18/2021) - The clerk of Perry County, Illinois, said it came down to golf balls to break… 
Small Scale Use Of Sortition In Governments Picks Up Steam (4/17/2021) - Sortition was crucial to Ancient Athens' democracy, but stayed largely unknown in recent history until… 
Experts: Social Media Algorithms Threaten Democracy (4/28/2021) - Tuesday's Senate hearing pitted social media giants against researchers who argued social media algorithms threaten… 
How To Make Online Arguments Productive (4/24/2021) - Researchers worked with 260 people to develop design interventions to make discussions productive, centered on… 
How Authoritarian Vestiges Haunt Young Democracies (4/18/2021) - Most new democracies have vestiges of the old authoritarian regimes, such as successor parties, constitutions,… 
Study: Using Humor To Combat Science Misinformation (4/18/2021) - Science misinformation is difficult to detect. However, a solution can be found in humor according… 
A Historical Overview of Turnover In US Senatorial Elections (4/13/2021) - With each major party becoming more extreme, 2022 may be a watershed moment of more… 
Can Climate Change Affect Redistricting? (4/13/2021) - Ohio’s 9th District is so thin that they actually drove to Lake Erie to monitor… 
Competition for Control of the House Underrepresents Voters of Color (4/16/2021) - 2020 was consistent with trend of declining House competition despite defeat of Democrats by Republican… 
The Long-Term Dangers From Georgia’s Election Law (4/7/2021) - Georgia signed into law a new bill that arguably codifies voter suppression. This law is… 
Don’t Let GOP Destroy Democracy And Crush Hard-Won Rights (4/5/2021) - For the past decades, Republicans across our nation have been engaged in a systematic, and… 
How A Delay In Redistricting Threatens Black And Asian Voters (4/5/2021) - The US Census Bureau's has not yet released redistricting data and the delay may have… 
Montana Blocks Bill To Expand Native American Voting Access (4/1/2021) - The Montana House on Wednesday shot down a bill that aimed to expand voting opportunities… 
White Only Bill Signing in Georgia (3/26/2021) - Six White Georgia lawmakers stood behind the governor as he signed a sweeping voter suppression law.… Join the American Democracy Movement With DC!
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