The 19th Amendment was ratified on June 4, 1919. The amendment, which was ratified a year later, has a convoluted background.
Election History articles on Democracy Chronicles
Here we cover how democracy has progressed through time in our highly suggested global election history coverage. Modern systems of democracy largely arose out of the Europe through the period at the end of the Middle Ages into the Reformation, the Age of Enlightenment, and the American and French Revolutions. However in reality, democratic decision making is an even more ancient invention and in many ways a fixture of nature . Also check out our section on World Democracy.
Supreme Court Has Tilted Election Law To Favor GOP
The aggregate of the Supreme Court’s election rulings might offer the Republican Party a major advantage in the 2020 midterms.
Today’s Senators Are The Oldest In American History
A look at senators’ older age raises raises a debate dominated by important questions including that of experience vs. new ideas.
How Gerrymandering Shaped 19th Century US Policy
19th century gerrymandering entailed building a large number of competitive districts slightly skewed towards the incumbent.
Taverns: Where Democracy And History Were Brewed
It was in taverns from Virginia to Massachusetts that democracy was brewed and the Revolutionary War conceived and prosecuted.
How Past Elections Have Changed American Democracy
A look back in America’s political history shows that Trump is not the first candidate to contest the results of a U.S. presidential election.
Chile Votes To Begin Rewrite Dictatorship-Era Constitution
Chileans voted Sunday to select some 155 persons tasked with the long overdue rewriting of the dictatorship-era constitution.
Voting Rights Milestones in America: A Timeline
Voting rights have hit several milestones since America’s founding days when it was limited to white male property owners.
Berbers Mark 20 Years Since Algeria’s ‘Black Spring’ Protests
The death of a teenager in police custody in the heartland Berber minority of Algeria twenty years ago laid the base for future protests.
How Authoritarian Vestiges Haunt Young Democracies
Most new democracies have vestiges of the old authoritarian regimes, such as successor parties, constitutions, and subnational enclaves.