The Growing Threat To The Integrity Of The 2022 Elections
Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | March 10, 2022 The 2020 election was “the most secure in American history,” according to a statement issued by officials […]
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Overwhelming Majority Of American Voters Call Voting Rights A “Very Important” Issue, According To New Poll
|Press Releases |Democracy Reforms Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellWhile Senate Republicans and two Democrats – Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) – blocked action on the Freedom to Vote: John R. […]
The Walls May Be Starting To Close In On Trump
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Jan. 6 TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellFRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | March 3, 2022 The walls may be starting to close in on Donald Trump, even as polls indicate he maintains […]
Democracy vs. Autocracy
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellFRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | February 24, 2022 An autocracy is defined as a system of government by one person with absolute power. Evil President […]
Chicago Sun-Times: “Give Candidates Who Aren’t Wealthy, Or Backed By The Rich, A Chance To Be Heard”
|Press Releases |Money In Politics Small Donor Matching Systemby Jackie Howell“A small donor matching system using public funds would help level the playing field and give politicians a reason to listen to ordinary voters.” — […]
Statement On The Passing Of Walter Dellinger
|Press Releases |by Jackie HowellStatement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer One of the nation’s greatest constitutional scholars and Supreme Court lawyers, former Acting Solicitor General Walter Dellinger, passed […]
The New Jim Crow Laws Are Already Having An Impact On The Primaries
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms Election Interference voter suppression Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellFRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | February 17, 2022 The attacks on our democracy are moving into the 2022 primary elections. New state voter suppression laws […]
Trump’s Ceaseless Efforts To Undermine Our Democracy
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Election Interference TrumpWatch voter suppression Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellFRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | February 10, 2022 The greatest attacks on voting rights since the days before the Voting Rights Act of 1965 began […]
Reforming The Electoral Count Act Does Not Address The Democracy Crisis Facing Our Nation
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms Electoral Count Act Freedom To Vote Act Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellFRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | February 3, 2022 Following the defeat last month of the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act, essential voting rights […]
Leadership Conference On Civil And Human Rights And 53 Other Groups, Including Democracy 21, Urge Congress To Remain Focused On The Fight For Voting Rights
|Press Releases |Democracy Reforms Electoral Count Act Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellReforms to the Electoral Count Act (ECA) are “needed and welcome, but they simply are not adequate to meet the current moment.” As Congress considers […]
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