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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|Press Releases |Democracy Reforms Freedom To Vote Act Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellThe New York Times: “Joe Manchin Got The Voting Bill He Wanted. Time To Pass It.”
|Press Releases |Democracy Reforms Freedom To Vote Act Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellSenate Breakthrough: The Freedom To Vote Act Is Introduced
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms Filibuster Freedom To Vote Act Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellVoting Rights & The Senate: It Will All Come Down To The Filibuster
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|Op Eds, Press Releases |Democracy Reforms Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellThe March For Voting Rights Is Saturday & Looking Ahead To September Action In The Senate
|Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note |Democracy Reforms Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellStatement Of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Applauding House Passage Of The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
|Press Releases |Democracy Reforms Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellDemocracy 21 Urges House To Vote For H.R. 4, The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
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