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How the IRS Gave Up Fighting Political Dark Money Groups (4/20/2019)- Six years after it was excoriated for allegedly targeting conservative organizations, More dark money has… 
Stars From Susan Sarandon To Ben Affleck Donate To 2020 Dems (4/19/2019)- Stars from Ben Affleck and Susan Sarandon to Anna Wintour and Willie Nelson, celebrities lined… 
Outside Groups Poured $15 Million Into 2018 Missouri Elections (4/19/2019)- New campaign finance records in Missouri found that organizations aim to influence 2018 Missouri elections… 
NY Small-Donor Matching Public Campaign Finance System In Reach (4/17/2019)- The purpose of the new law is to incentivize candidates to seek small donations rather… 
States Slow To Spend Election Security Funds, Report Finds (4/15/2019)- States slow to spend funds to enhance election security as only 8.1% was put to… 
Voting Machine Firms Add Lobbyists Amid Election Hacker Concerns (4/6/2019)- Voting machine manufacturers are increasing their Capitol Hill presence as lawmakers demand they do more… 
Take Action Now! Help Draft Federal Voting System Guidelines (4/24/2019)- For the next version of the federal voting system guidelines, the Election Assistance Commission is… 
Citizenship Questions On The Census Have No Historical Pedigree (4/24/2019)- Supreme Court will take up Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’ controversial decision to collect citizenship status… 
Louisiana Legislature Considers Automatic Voter Registration Bill (4/23/2019)- Louisiana Senator Troy Carter (D-New Orleans) has proposed a bill that would automatically register people… 
Podcast: E.J. Dionne on Making America Empathetic Again (4/20/2019)- E.J. Dionne has the unique perspective of studying the horse race and the big picture… 
Special Election Highlights Flaws In Hawaii’s Voting System (4/19/2019)- Problems counting mail-in ballots and extremely small margin created chaos in the 2018 Honolulu City… 
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… 
Denver Blockchain Vote Will Pilot Independent Digital Election Audits (4/24/2019)- The debate over online voting—whether an electronic ballot can be sufficiently trusted—is heading into a… 
Mueller Adds To Suspicion Of North Carolina Voting Software Hack (4/24/2019)- The North Carolina State Board of Elections is asking a voting software company if it… 
America’s New Voting Machines Bring New Fears Of Election Tampering (4/24/2019)- By design, tens of millions of votes are cast across America on machines that cannot… 
Ballot-Marking Devices Cannot Assure The Will Of The Voters (4/23/2019)- To reduce the risk that computers alter elections, the use of BMDs should be limited… 
West Virginia Will Use Blockchain Voting In The 2020 Election (4/19/2019)- West Virginia made history last year as the first US state to use mobile blockchain… 
Ohio Weighs Election Cyber Force to Head Off Hackers (4/18/2019)- Legislation would create a civilian force of 50 to 100 professionals across the state who… 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.
Podcast: E.J. Dionne on Making America Empathetic Again (4/20/2019)- E.J. Dionne has the unique perspective of studying the horse race and the big picture… 
Partisan Gerrymandering To Get Much Worse If Supreme Court Balks (3/27/2019)- What will happen in the 2020 redistricting cycle if the Supreme Court follows the advice… 
Federal Court Says Mississippi Must Redraw Senate District (3/22/2019)- Federal appeals court told Mississippi lawmakers to redraw a state Senate district where a judge… 
New California Independent Redistricting System Will Help Republicans (3/13/2019)- California government auditors will begin accepting applications in June from citizens willing to help redraw… 
Supreme Court Fight Against Partisan Gerrymandering Gathering Pace (3/11/2019)- Fight against partisan gerrymandering in Supreme court of North Carolina’s 2016 congressional districting map and… 
Federal Trial Over Prison Gerrymandering May Have National Impact (2/22/2019)- NAACP won ruling that allows their federal lawsuit challenging State of Connecticut’s discriminatory practice known… 
With Hackers Threatening Minnesota Elections, Politics Intruding On Fixes (4/24/2019)- Partisan friction in St. Paul and Washington stalled to bolster election security, less than a… America’s New Voting Machines Bring New Fears Of Election Tampering (4/24/2019)- By design, tens of millions of votes are cast across America on machines that cannot… Ballot-Marking Devices Cannot Assure The Will Of The Voters (4/23/2019)- To reduce the risk that computers alter elections, the use of BMDs should be limited… Voting Machine Firms Add Lobbyists Amid Election Hacker Concerns (4/6/2019)- Voting machine manufacturers are increasing their Capitol Hill presence as lawmakers demand they do more… 
The Hottest Issue Among Election Integrity Advocates: Voting Machines (4/2/2019)- Is it possible to do reliable post-election audits on ballots which print a scannable bar… 
Questions Abound Over New Pennsylvania Voting Machines (3/27/2019)- It looks like Luzerne County voters will not use new voting machines until next year,… 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… 
Nevada’s Native Americans Mobilize For Voter Turnout, Equality In 2020 (4/18/2019)- For first time, about 1,150 Native Americans residing at Reno-Sparks Indian Colony near Reno voted… 
New Research on Polling Place Lines and Dynamics (4/7/2019)- In 2016 a consortium of researchers from across U.S. participated in a large study of… 
US House Committee to Issue Census Citizenship Question Subpoenas (4/3/2019)- A U.S. House of Representatives committee has voted to issue subpoenas to Attorney General William… 
Historic Election: 1 of 2 Black Women Will Be Chicago Mayor (4/2/2019)- Chicago will become the largest U.S. city to elect a black woman as mayor. The… 
New York’s Legislature Applauded for Funding Census Outreach (4/2/2019)- There are a number of significant challenges that could result in an under count of… Join the American Democracy Movement With DC!
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