The Election Funding Battle We Must Win

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | April 30, 2020 “It is essential to win this fight now, as time is running out for the states to be able to use the funding effectively in advance of the November election.” The fight over providing money for the states to run their November elections is now underway in […]

Protecting the Vote in a Pandemic

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | April 23, 2020 “The battle to ensure that every eligible voter gets to vote is at the heart of the fundamental role played by the right to vote in our constitutional system of representative government.” The battle lines are now drawn on the critical issue of whether Congress will provide […]

Biden Announces A First Priority for a Biden Administration Will Be Comprehensive Reforms, as Reflected in H.R. 1

Biden Announces A First Priority for a Biden Administration Will Be Comprehensive Reforms, as Reflected in H.R. 1 Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced yesterday “A first priority of a Biden Administration will be to lead on a comprehensive set of reforms like those reflected in the For the People Act (H.R. 1) to […]

Mitch McConnell vs. Fair Elections

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | April 16, 2020   President Trump has been a dangerous threat to our democratic values, our constitutional system of government, and now, with his incompetent and narcissistic pandemic performance, to the very lives of untold numbers of Americans. That’s why the November presidential election is considered by many to be […]

President Trump, in a Surprise Move, Apparently Embraces Public Financing of Elections – But Only for Himself

President Trump, in a Surprise Move, Apparently Embraces Public Financing of Elections – But Only for Himself Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer In a surprise move, and in the face of Senate Majority Leader McConnell’s longstanding opposition, President Trump now appears to have embraced public financing of elections – but only for his […]

Protect the Vote

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | April 9, 2020 “No voter in America should have to risk their life in order to cast their vote. “ The despicable actions taken by Republican Wisconsin officeholders forced Wisconsin voters this week to make a terrible choice: either risk your life to vote in person or forfeit your sacred […]

President Trump, Who Voted By Mail in 2018 and Plans to Vote By Mail in 2020, Opposes Voting By Mail

President Trump Opposes Voting Absentee by Mail in 2020 Elections, Yet Voted by Mail in New York (2018) and Has Applied to Vote by Mail in Florida (2020) Melania Trump, Ivanka Trump Voted Absentee (Unsuccessfully) in NY (2017), Jared Kushner Registered to Vote in NY and NJ Simultaneously (2017) Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred […]

Safe, Honest, & Fair Elections In 2020

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | April 2, 2020 “He or she who does the draft rules the world.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is moving quickly to prepare the next relief package for the country. The importance of the Speaker’s quick action can be seen by the fact that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who accurately […]