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Broad Agreement on Small Donor Public Financing as Priority for NY (3/14/2019)- NY State Assembly and Senate released their lists of priorities for this year’s state budget.… 
Small Donors Dominated NYC Election Thanks to Public Financing System (3/13/2019)- Small-dollar donors were behind 63 percent of first wave campaign contributions to candidates who ran… 
New York Democrats Back Off Support For Campaign Finance Reform (3/11/2019)- Though Dems have blamed GOP intransigence for the failure of key campaign finance and ethics… 
House OKs Election Overhaul Package, but Senate to Slam Door (3/10/2019)- Democratic-controlled House OKs election overhaul package but Republican-run Senate pledged it will not come up… 
Thoughts on Corporate Personhood (3/10/2019)- In looking for sense in the modern world, we must not overlook the fact that,… 
Why Baltimore Demonstrates Need To Get Big Money Out Of Politics (3/8/2019)- Report from Demos analyzes campaign contributions in Baltimore, demonstrates need to get big money, which… 
Streamlining the Application for Iowa Felons Seeking Voting Rights (3/15/2019)- Governor Kim's staff has created a one-page document for Iowa felons seeking the governor’s approval… 
Bicameral Native American Voting Rights Act Introduced in Congress (3/14/2019)- U.S. Senator Tom Udall and others led a group of Senate and House Democrats in… 
The Sad Results of Texas’ Desperate Search For Fraudulent Voters (3/11/2019)- Sometimes numbers don’t speak for themselves. That was the case in the attempt by Republican… 
Minnesotans Call On Lawmakers To Restore Felon Voting Rights (3/11/2019)- "Restore the Vote Coalition" in a press conference at the Minnesota State Capitol, push for… 
Amendment to Set Voting Age for Federal Office at 16 Defeated (3/11/2019)- The U.S. House defeated an amendment by Congress member Ayanna Pressley (D-Massachusetts) to set the… 
Second US Judge Calls Citizenship Question on Census Illegal (3/8/2019)- A second federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship… 
Federal Government Focused on Cybersecurity Basics Ahead of 2020 (3/16/2019)- The Department of Homeland Security’s top cyber official will ensure election officials uses basic cybersecurity… 
DARPA Is Building an Open Source Voting Machine (3/15/2019)- DARPA is working with firm Galois to develop open source voting machine technology that would let… 
Top US House Intel Lawmaker: 2020 Election ‘Enormously Vulnerable’ (3/15/2019)- Top U.S. House intel lawmaker, Adam Schiff said on Tuesday that 2020 elections are "enormously… 
Georgia Voting Machine Debate Pits Election Officials vs. Tech Experts (3/14/2019)- Georgia voting machine debate pits election officials staunchly opposed by computing experts who see an… 
Questions Raised About Facebook and Twitter Use of TurboVote (3/14/2019)- In 2018, Facebook and Twitter decided to play a role in helping people register to… 
Hackers Uncover ‘Significant’ Flaw in Swiss Post e-Voting (3/13/2019)- Hackers uncover significant flaw in Swiss Post e-voting and reported it to Swiss authorities as… 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.
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… 
The Best Chance to End North Carolina Gerrymandering in a Decade? (2/20/2019)- In a bill introduced by bipartisan groups, it was discovered that ending gerrymandering in N.Carolina… 
State Election Officials Interested, But Slow to Adopt Geospatial Data (2/6/2019)- A publication by NSGIC shows that most voter registration systems and precinct boundaries have a… 
An Independent Commission to Fix New Hampshire Gerrymandering (1/29/2019)- New Hampshire needs fair commission that is inclusive, transparent and gives all Granite Staters an… DARPA Is Building an Open Source Voting Machine (3/15/2019)- DARPA is working with firm Galois to develop open source voting machine technology that would let… Top US House Intel Lawmaker: 2020 Election ‘Enormously Vulnerable’ (3/15/2019)- Top U.S. House intel lawmaker, Adam Schiff said on Tuesday that 2020 elections are "enormously… Georgia Voting Machine Debate Pits Election Officials vs. Tech Experts (3/14/2019)- Georgia voting machine debate pits election officials staunchly opposed by computing experts who see an… 
Paper Ballots Popular Again as Must Have Requirement for a Fair Vote (3/10/2019)- An old technology is new again, as paper ballots are making a big comeback thanks… 
Brennan Center Outlines Voting Machines Vulnerabilities (3/9/2019)- America’s voting machines fall short of necessary security going into 2020 election leaving them vulnerable… 
States Need Way More Money To Fix Crumbling Voting Machines (3/6/2019)- States need way more money to fix crumbling voting machines 2018 elections were hardly a… Bicameral Native American Voting Rights Act Introduced in Congress (3/14/2019)- U.S. Senator Tom Udall and others led a group of Senate and House Democrats in… 
Does California County’s At-Large Election System Harm Latino Voters? (3/13/2019)- District elections maybe implemented in Orange, following voting rights lawsuit claiming city’s current at-large election… 
Congress Must Pass Critical Voting Rights Advancement Act (2/28/2019)- Our voice is heard through our fundamental right to vote.When policymakers erect barriers to the… 
Navajo Lawmaker Worries New Law Would Disenfranchise Native Voters (2/16/2019)- Navajo lawmaker worries election bill in the state legislature would eliminate ballot drop-off boxes hence,… 
Data Analysis Links Race and Odd Vote Count in Georgia’s 2018 Midterms (2/15/2019)- "Lowering voting age will give voice to young people and provide tool to hold politicians… 
Swiss Democracy is Leaving Minorities and Women Under-Represented (2/11/2019)- Democracy bases its legitimacy on the promise to adequately and appropriately represent the population. Switzerland’s… Join the American Democracy Movement With DC!
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