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REVEALED: Maryland Elections Vendor Owned by Russian Firm (7/14/2018) - A vendor that provides key services for Maryland elections has been acquired by company linked 
On the Use of White House Twitter Accounts Against Democrats (7/5/2018) - Policy drawing complaints that government resources are being used to undercut political rivals
The Carjacking of Democracy Since Reagan (7/5/2018) - If things are chaotic the rich can do whatever they want with less resistance. Most 
Private Prison Lobbying Is Paying Off Under Trump (6/29/2018) - Billions of federal taxpayer dollars to gp to for-profit companies in order to implement Trump’s 
How Mass Incarceration Damages Democracy (6/28/2018) - Corrections industry influence, felony disenfranchisement and prison gerrymandering undermine democracy
Private Prison Lobby Sees Only Profit Under Trump (6/21/2018) - A great interview on how the current immigration crisis is tied to a successful year 
It Seems the Californian Top-Two Voting System Reduced Turnout (7/19/2018) - As the biggest state in the country, the methodology California uses to elect its representatives 
Another Trump Supreme Court Nominee and Danger Ahead (7/8/2018) - This unmerciful biased court is going to undo not just the Great Society of President 
5 Ways to Increase Latino Voter Turnout (6/21/2018) - For far too long, voter suppression, systemic barriers, and lack of engagement have stifled political 
The Case for Voter Fraud Tested — and Utterly Fails (6/19/2018) - When the proponent was challenged in a courtroom to prove that voter fraud is rampant, 
Kansas Law Requiring Voters to Prove Citizenship Blocked (6/19/2018) - The law had required everyone who registered to vote to produce documentation on their U.S. 
Supreme Court Strikes Limits on Voter Apparel Slogans (6/15/2018) - Court strikes down restrictions in one state that banned voters from wearing clothes with the 
Protests Target New Ugandan Social Media Tax (7/19/2018) - Daily tax of 53 cents charged to access online services such as Facebook, Google, Whatsapp 
Bill Passed to Block Popular Egyptian Social Media Accounts (7/19/2018) - The legislation labels personal social media accounts and empowers authorities to block them as “fake 
Russian Trolls Are in Action Ahead of US Midterm Elections (7/16/2018) - Sponsors of the Russian "troll factory" that meddled in the 2016 vote have launched a 
World’s Dictatorships Go All Out to Control Social Media Use (7/14/2018) - Authorities are waging a battle to control what their people see and hear, with the 
Trump Blames Obama for US Response to Russian Hacking (7/14/2018) - Trump tried to blame the Obama administration for not responding aggressively enough to Russian hacking 
The Era of Blockchain Elections is Coming (7/8/2018) - While America is far away from adapting blockchain for government, the first adaptation may come 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 Mass Incarceration Damages Democracy (6/28/2018) - Corrections industry influence, felony disenfranchisement and prison gerrymandering undermine democracy
Ohio Democratic Voters Sue State Over Gerrymandered Maps (6/19/2018) - If the Supreme Court rules that this round of Ohio redistricting is unconstitutional, it should 
Supreme Court Refuses to Block Partisan Gerrymandering (6/18/2018) - The Supreme Court missed an opportunity today to lay down a firm marker identifying partisan 
A Complete Report on the Vulnerable State of American Voting Laws (6/5/2018) - In 'The State of Voting 2018', the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law details threats 
Free and Fair Elections Versus the Modern Republican Party (5/4/2018) - As a swing voter, who has proudly voted for and supported Republicans in the past, 
US Supreme Court Divided Over Texas Electoral District Fight (4/25/2018) - From Voice of America: The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared divided along ideological lines 
Questions Surround Accuracy of Iraq’s Electronic Ballot System (5/20/2018) - Demands for a manual voter recount surge amid claims of election fraud in the Iraqi 
Lack of Paper Trail a Concern Amid Fears of US Election Hacking (5/18/2018) - Roughly 1 in 5 Americans will be casting ballots on machines that do not produce 
Best Practices to Guide State Voting System Security Spending (4/25/2018) - State election officials around the country will receive their share of $380 million that Congress 
Pennsylvania picks between 5 different paper record voting machines (4/21/2018) - The vendors were selected because their systems are certified by the federal Election Assistance Commission
Pennsylvania Bans Vote-Counting Machines With No Paper Trail (4/13/2018) - Swing state Pennsylvania is taking a strong administrative stand against voting machines without a paper 
South Korea embroiled in DR Congo voting machine controversy (4/3/2018) - South Korea's government has officially distanced itself from a firm providing electronic voting machines to 
US Muslim Candidates Run in Record Numbers But Face Backlash (7/18/2018) - Path to victory can be tougher for a Muslim American. Some promising campaigns already have 5 Ways to Increase Latino Voter Turnout (6/21/2018) - For far too long, voter suppression, systemic barriers, and lack of engagement have stifled political 
US High Court Voter Roll Decision May Have Limited Impact (6/13/2018) - A Supreme Court ruling has cleared the way for states to take a tougher approach 
The New York Times Stereotypes Southerners, Again (6/7/2018) - The South isn’t as backwards as one assumes. There are millennials with a passion for 
Candidate Seeks to be the First Ever Native American Congresswoman (6/7/2018) - Native Americans in New Mexico, 10% of the state’s population, did not get the right 
Dozing in Delusion: Black America’s Faith in the American Dream (5/23/2018) - There is meaningful variation in public opinion regarding how certain groups of Americans view the Join the American Democracy Movement With DC!
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