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Cost Of 2022 State And Federal Elections To Exceed $16.7 Billion (12/2/2022) - The estimated cost of of the latest cycle of state and federal midterm elections is… 
Arizona Ballot Measure To Require Disclosure For Political Spending Wins (11/18/2022) - Voters pulled back the curtain on unknown campaign spending, approved ballot that requires public exposure… 
96% Of U.S. House Races Won By The Biggest Spender (11/14/2022) - 96% of House races called so far have been won by the biggest spender. To… 
How to “Follow the Money” in a Political Campaign (11/9/2022) - Without the proper media coverage, campaign donations can be a complex labyrinth of dark money,… 
How Participatory Budgeting Gives Citizens A Say In Financial Matters (11/8/2022) - Switzerland is the only country in the world where the participatory method is applied as… 
Political Ad Spending for Midterms Is Set To Hit Record $9 Billion (10/20/2022) - Political ad spending in the 2022 midterms has already broken a record for off-year congressional… 
Could Australia-Style Voting Help In The US? (11/9/2022) - This week's turnout for the US congressional elections could be a record, although it will… 
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… 
Eight in 10 Americans Favor Early Voting, Photo ID Laws (10/18/2022) - Large majorities of Americans favor three measures meant to make voting easier: early voting (78%… 
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… 
Ballot Access Candidates: A National Mandate (10/15/2022) - Another election is about to come and go, but the results for smaller parties depend… 
Voting-system Firms Battle Right-Wing Rage Against The Machines (11/14/2022) - Due to high cost of eradicating misinformation, voting machine pending makers are obliged to boost… 
How Candidates Are Using TikTok In The US Midterms (10/31/2022) - The Alliance for Securing Democracy at GMF tracked and catalogued 227 TikTok accounts created and… 
A Scientist’s Quest for an Accessible, Unhackable Voting Machine (10/29/2022) - After 19 years of building, tinkering, and testing, he told Undark this spring, he had… 
Internet Elections Ignite Fierce Debate In Netherlands (10/29/2022) - It is ill-advised to organize a political election via the Internet. That is the conclusion… 
Only 1 In 4 Election Websites Uses The .gov Domain (10/20/2022) - We analyzed a dataset of election websites maintained by CTCL and found that, of the 7,010… 
PayPal Terminates Hong Kong Account of Democracy Group (10/17/2022) - The account of one of the last pro-democracy groups in Hong Kong with online payment… 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.
How Redistricting Shaped The Midterms (12/2/2022) - Both parties entered the latest redistricting cycle seeking to press their advantages where they could… 
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… 
Democracy Was Top Motivating Factor For Voters (12/6/2022) - Research commissioned by End Citizens United and Let America Vote demonstrates that democracy issues are… 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… 
Poll: Most Favor Maximum Age Limits For Elected Officials (9/15/2022) - Most Americans want max age limits for elected officials, and far more think more young… 
Algorithmic Approach To Legislative Apportionment And Redistricting (9/15/2022) - Recent debates on the composition of the apportionment basis have brought up fresh concerns about… 
Two Studies On Political Party Roles In Election Certification (9/8/2022) - The exploitation of our present system by parties and extremists threatens the integrity of elections,… 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… 
How Exclusion Became The Driving Force For Democratisation (9/15/2022) - Canton Geneva has made history in Switzerland by voting to provide people with severe mental… 
Disabled Voters Struggle As States Enforce Restrictive Voting Laws (9/15/2022) - Americans with disabilities say state efforts to tighten voting laws are making it harder for… join the democracy movement with DC!
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