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'''Democracy''' is kinda broken right now. We're trying to fix it.
== History ==
Democracy has been around a long time.
=== Greece ===
The ancient Greeks often get undeserved credit for being the first. They were merely the first to write it down in a way that we can read about today.
For a lot of English-speaking countries and cultures, the [[Magna Carta]] was pretty important in the advancement of democracy. It comes up a time or two in [[wikipedia:History of democracy|Wikipedia's article about the "History of democracy"]]
=== USA ===
:''main: [[USA]]''
:''see also: [[George Washington]] and [[Thomas Jefferson]]''
The '''United States of America''' (also known as the '''USA''' or the '''US''') is a big country, which seems to have a lot of people that think it's the birthplace of democracy. But we're pretty sure the [[Magna Carta]] predates [[George Washington]] and [[Thomas Jefferson]] by a few years
== Advocacy ==
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There are many organizations trying to educate voters about alternatives to [[first-past-the-post]], which is the the [[electoral system]] that still has the most use throughout the world.
=== USA ===
:''main article: [[Advocacy/United_States]]''
▲{{wikipedia|USA}}
▲{{wikipedia|George Washington}}
Many of the editors of [[electowiki]] are [[electoral reform]] advocates in the [[United States]]. See [[Advocacy/United States]] to learn more about advocacy organizations in the United States.
▲{{wikipedia|Thomas Jefferson}}
▲{{wikipedia|Magna Carta}}
▲:''main article: [[USA]]''
▲The '''United States of America''' (also known as the '''USA''' or the '''US''') is a big country, which seems to have a lot of people that think it's the birthplace of democracy. But we're pretty sure the [[Magna Carta]] predates [[George Washington]] and [[Thomas Jefferson]] by a few years. See [[Advocacy/United_States]] to learn more about how we're trying to educate a few more people.
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