Democracy Reform
We have a broken political system and a corrupt campaign finance system. The American people believe the political system is rigged at their expense and overwhelmingly want the system repaired.
We advocate democracy reforms and develop model legislation.
- Model campaign finance reform legislation we helped develop was incorporated into historic democracy reform legislation the For the People Act (H.R. 1/S. 1) which passed the House in 2021 and came within two votes of passing the Senate. We are at the doorstep of enacting these reforms.
- The unprecedented package of democracy reforms includes campaign finance, voting rights, partisan gerrymandering, government ethics and election security reforms.
- We have won reform battles in the past and will fight for H.R. 1 and successor bills for as long as it takes to enact these democracy reforms.
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A Chance To Enact Critical Reforms
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms Money In Politicsby DianeNationwide Vigils Against Corruption Show Public Demands Lawmakers Take Action to Protect and Strengthen Our Democracy
|Press Releases |Democracy Reforms Ethics & Accountability Money In Politicsby DianeNationwide Vigils Show That The American People Want To Repair Our Dysfunctional Political System
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms Ethics & Accountability Money In Politicsby DianeOur campaign finance laws can’t be solved by a constitutional convention – The Hill op ed by Fred Wertheimer
|Op Eds |Constitutional Convention Democracy Reformsby DianeJared Kushner’s Conflicts of Interest
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms Ethics & Accountabilityby DianeOpportunities For Historic Democracy Reforms Lie Ahead
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Congress Democracy Reforms Money In Politicsby DianeDemocracy 21 Strongly Supports Effort Announced by Congressional Leaders Today to Enact Democracy Reforms
|Press Releases |Congress Democracy Reforms Money In Politicsby Diane25 Organizations Endorse Essential Democracy Reforms Announced Today by Congressional Leaders
|Press Releases |Congress Democracy Reforms Money In Politicsby DianeA 10-Point Plan to Drain the Swamp (RealClearPolicy op ed by Fred Wertheimer and Norman Eisen)
|Op Eds |Democracy Reforms Executive Branch Money In Politicsby DianeDemocracy 21 President Strongly Endorses “We the People Democracy Reform Act of 2017” introduced today
|Press Releases |Congress Democracy Reforms Money In Politicsby DianeDemocracy 21 Joins Supreme Court Amicus Brief Supporting Lower Court Decision Holding Partisan Gerrymandering Unconstitutional
|Press Releases |Democracy Reforms Legal Activitiesby DianeRecent Court Ruling Against Kobach Shows He Cannot Be Trusted With Voter Information
|Press Releases |Democracy Reforms Legal Activitiesby DianeNevada Becomes Third State in 2017 to Rescind Previous Call for a Constitutional Convention
|Press Releases |Constitutional Convention Democracy Reformsby Diane230 organizations oppose calls for new constitutional convention & warn of dangers
|Press Releases |Constitutional Convention Democracy Reformsby DianeFred Wertheimer for Huffington Post – The Battle to Preserve the Constitution
|Op Eds |Constitutional Convention Democracy Reformsby Diane