A country cannot be truly democratic until its citizens have the opportunity to choose their representatives through elections that are free and fair. Critical development efforts cannot succeed without a legitimate and democratically elected government that is responsive and accountable to its citizens. Elections provide an important opportunity to advance democratization and encourage political liberalization.

For an election to be free and fair, certain civil liberties, such as the freedoms of speech, association and assembly, are required.

Elections can be a primary tool to foster political openings and expand political participation.

Electoral processes offer political parties and civic groups an opportunity to mobilize and organize supporters and share alternative platforms with the public.

Elections also serve to encourage political debate and public dialogue.

–"Supporting Free and Fair Elections,"
US Agency for International Development

What information in the passage supports the idea that fair elections are part of democracy?
Fair elections are connected to freedom of speech.

Fair elections are connected to freedom of assembly.

Fair elections help a government seem legitimate.

Fair elections help more candidates to run and more people to vote.

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athenian democracy developed around the fifth century bc in the greek city-state (known as a polis) of athens, comprising the city of athens and the surrounding territory of attica, and is often described as the first known democracy in the world. other greek cities set up democracies, most following the athenian model, but none are as well documented as athens'.

it was a political system of direct democracy, in which participating citizens voted directly on legislation and executive bills. participation was not open to all residents: to vote one had to be an adult, male citizen, i.e., not a foreign resident, a submissive or a woman, and the number of these was "probably no more than 30 percent of the total adult population."[1]

the longest-lasting democratic leader was pericles. after his death, athenian democracy was twice briefly interrupted by oligarchic revolutions towards the end of the peloponnesian war. it was modified somewhat after it was restored under eucleides; the most detailed accounts of the system are of this fourth-century modification rather than the periclean system. democracy was suppressed by the macedonians in 322 bc. the athenian institutions were later revived, but how close they were to a real democracy is debatable. solon (594 bc), cleisthenes (508/7 bc), and ephialtes (462 bc) contributed to the development of athenian democracy. cleisthenes broke up the power of the nobility by organizing citizens into ten groups based on where they lived rather than on their wealth.

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