We have a President hostile to fixing the system and a Congress currently controlled by reform opponents. However, history makes clear that reform issues are cyclical in nature: the kind of scandalous system that exists today has led to major reforms in the past, and can do so again in the future.

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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 […]

Wertheimer op-ed: Trump’s Michigan voter fraud comments reveal America’s desperate need for reforms – NBC Think

An op-ed by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer entitled, “Trump’s Michigan voter fraud comments reveal America’s desperate need for reforms,” was published here in NBC Think on May 24, 2020.

$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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

One Year Later, The Battle For H.R. 1 Goes On

One Year Later, The Battle For H.R. 1 Goes On Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer This coming Sunday, March 8, marks one year […]

D21 Urges Representatives To Support H.R. 4, The Voting Rights Advancement Act

Democracy 21 Urges Representatives To Support H.R. 4, The Voting Rights Advancement Act   Democracy 21 sent a letter to House members this morning urging […]