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$5.8 million in push for Democrats’ voting bill compromise (9/24/2021) - Advocates have provided $5.8million to encourage a voting bill compromise in Congress. The new bill… 
Did Seattle’s Democracy Vouchers Combat Big Money? (8/14/2021) - The results of the August 2021 mayoral primary, which was the first time vouchers were… 
Business Needs To Rethink Its Role In Politics (8/10/2021) - The most recent shift to stakeholder capitalism is accompanied by a darkening of politics not… 
The Big Money Behind The Big Lie (8/5/2021) - The "Big Lie" is Donald Trump's false claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen… 
Prospective Economic Package Unleashes Lobbying Bonanza (8/4/2021) - Some 2000 businesses lobbied Congress and the administration in an attempt to shape the contours… 
Toyota Lobbying Against Shift To Electric Vehicles (7/30/2021) - Toyota was an early adopter of electrified vehicles but has since fallen behind, instead seen… 
Pass the Freedom to Vote Act (9/21/2021) - After HR1's failure, Senate Democrats have proposed the Freedom to Vote Act. It is critical… 
Texas’s New Law, Climax of a Year For Voting Restrictions (9/10/2021) - 2021 has been a record-shattering year for voting restrictions. It reached fever-pitch when Texas passed… 
New Texas voting bill deepens growing voting disparities (9/8/2021) - More blue and red states are moving in opposite directions on voting disparities among Americans,… 
The Era of Easier Voting for Disabled People Is Over (8/27/2021) - "Thanks to absentee ballots, drop-off boxes, curbside voting, people with disabilities turned out in record… 
Voting Laws Roundup: July 2021 (8/26/2021) - Eighteen states have already enacted 30 laws that will make it harder for Americans to… 
101 Years After the 19th Amendment, What’s Next? (8/20/2021) - 100 years after women secured the right to vote the struggle remains that America's elected… 
Colorado: Clerk in Hiding After County Voting Data Leak (9/3/2021) - Voting data from Mesa County in Colorado was recently leaked. Following the incident, a Clerk… 
Facing Foreign Election Foes, States Hire ‘Cyber Navigators’ (8/28/2021) - Foreign foes continue to target America's elections. As part of the solution, state election officials… 
Assessing The Impact Of Digitization On Swiss Democracy (8/18/2021) - Switzerland political system is supported by technology. However little is known about the impact of… 
The Role Of Voting Technology In South Africa (7/18/2021) - As South Africa prepares for local elections amid a deadly outbreak of Covid-19, it is… 
Redistricting App Helps You Comply with the VRA (7/17/2021) - In the last decade, Dave's Redistricting App (DRA) has grown in popularity among groups looking… 
Federal Officials Predict Repeat Of 2020 Election Threats (7/13/2021) - Three federal cybersecurity authorities argue that threats to election security that surfaced last year are… 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.
Ranked Voting May Offer Courts A Way To Fix Redistricting (9/1/2021) - Courts impose ranked-choice voting to remedy redistricting. It permits courts to correct redistricting without creating… 
The Price of Free Elections (8/31/2021) - How much does an election cost? For a democracy as old as that of the… The Era of Easier Voting for Disabled People Is Over (8/27/2021) - "Thanks to absentee ballots, drop-off boxes, curbside voting, people with disabilities turned out in record… 
California Recall System Must Be Reformed (8/18/2021) - Some residents are suggesting that if Gov. Gavin Newsom is recalled, they plan to type… Did Seattle’s Democracy Vouchers Combat Big Money? (8/14/2021) - The results of the August 2021 mayoral primary, which was the first time vouchers were… 
Pay People To Vote (8/11/2021) - A coupon for every qualified voter who votes is an example of a fiscal carrot… 
Teaching the 26th Amendment With The New York Times (9/15/2021) - Learners can now study the history and meaning of the expansion of voting rights to… The Price of Free Elections (8/31/2021) - How much does an election cost? For a democracy as old as that of the… 
Partisan Segregation Goes Down To Hyper-Local Level (8/10/2021) - Democrats and Republicans physically cluster together even in tiny geographic areas like cities and neighborhoods,… 
Higher Spending In States With Competitive Party Systems (8/5/2021) - Key experts find that states with competitive political systems invest more in human capital and… 
Census Change to Protect Privacy Rattles Researchers (8/5/2021) - The Census Bureau is facing an increasingly difficult balancing act as the country waits for… 
Majority Are Worried About The State Of Democracy (7/25/2021) - A recent nationwide study by Public Agenda, shows that the majority of Americans believe democracy… 
Biden allies push for protections for Latino, Asian voters (9/24/2021) - A non-profit created by Biden loyalists is pushing for bilingual resources for Latino and Asian… 
What’s Next For Kashmir After Losing Semi-Autonomy? (8/7/2021) - Stripped of semi-autonomy, Kashmiris fear an enduring loss of their region's special status as government… 
Juneteenth: A Celebration of the Declaration of Independence (6/19/2021) - Juneteenth is a reminder that we must never give up no matter how tough or… 
The Attack On Critical Race Theory & The 1619 Project (6/13/2021) - The 1619 project may have been highlighted as an example of CRT's use in journalism,… 
Accommodations For Candidates With Disabilities (5/31/2021) - Despite some progress, there are structural problems preventing disabled people from participating in the electoral… 
Montana Tribes File Lawsuit Challenging New Voting Laws (5/19/2021) - On Monday, a group of Montana tribal nations filed a lawsuit challenging two new laws… Join the American Democracy Movement With DC!
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