Preparing for State Primary Election Day

Pericles, a politician of Ancient Greece, is credited with coining the word “democracy” in 430 B.C.

Nate Barksdale explains on history.com, “It is probable that the Athenians were not the first group of people to adopt such a system (a few places in India have traditions of local democracy that claim earlier origins) but because the Greeks named it, they have a good claim at being the ‘first’ democracy.”

The Greeks’ earliest system of democracy relied on pebbles.

“The Ancient Greeks used pebbles to cast their votes – apparently depositing a small stone into one of two urns to mark their choice...