Fred’s Weekly Note Archive

Election Chaos in Georgia Highlights Voting Needs in November

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | June 11, 2020 “We are not going to let Trump take our democracy and our constitutional system of representative government away from us. “ The chaotic primary election in Georgia on Tuesday gave us the latest real life example of what we may be facing throughout the country on November […]

An Inflection Point for America

An Inflection Point for America (Fred Wertheimer | June 5, 2020 | Medium) The tragic, senseless, brutal killing of African American George Floyd by a police officer, aided and abetted by three fellow officers, and its aftermath, may well turn out to be an inflection point for America. The killing has awakened the nation to […]

Trump’s Attempts to Delegitimize the 2020 Election Won’t Work

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | May 28, 2020 “Eligible voters should not have to choose between their votes and their lives.” While President Trump rants and raves, falsely, that voting by mail means widespread fraud and will result in a rigged presidential election, there are signs Congress may be getting ready to send the states […]

Trump’s Political Blackmail

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | May 21, 2020 “The protections needed for our system of representative government are clear. We must ensure that safe and secure elections take place in every state in the union.” President Trump’s latest attacks on voting by mail reveal in stark terms his plans for the November presidential election. Trump’s […]

$3.6 Billion for Safe Elections

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | May 14, 2020 “These funds are needed now to allow states to begin all the operational steps that are necessary to be ready for the election.” The House is currently scheduled to vote tomorrow on the next stimulus relief package, the HEROES Act, which provides more than $3 trillion to […]

Barr Has Failed The American People

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | May 7, 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]