Tag Archive for: Electoral Count Act

Electoral Count Reform Act Reported Today By Senate Rules Committee In 14-1 Vote Is Essential Legislation To Protect Against Another Presidential Coup Attempt

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Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer The Electoral Count Reform Act of 2022 (ECRA) that reforms antiquated 19th-century laws governing the presidential election process is essential and urgently needed legislation to help ensure that any future Trump-like presidential coup attempt will not succeed. Democracy 21 applauds the Senate Rules Committee, led by Chairwoman Amy […]

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Trump’s Dog Whistle For QAnon

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Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | September 22, 2022 As former President Donald Trump’s legal problems multiply and intensify, we need to be clear-eyed about what he is up to with his latest moves to embrace QAnon. The core belief of this right-wing fringe conspiracy movement is the off-the-charts position that Trump is “waging a secret war […]

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Democracy 21 Applauds House Passage Of The Presidential Election Reform Act

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Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Democracy 21 applauds the House of Representatives and the Representatives who voted today to pass the Presidential Election Reform Act that will close dangerous loopholes in our presidential election laws. We especially applaud the commitment and hard work of the legislation’s main sponsors, Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and […]

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Democracy 21 Strongly Urges House To Pass Lofgren-Cheney Presidential Election Reform Act To Reform Antiquated 19th-Century Laws Governing Presidential Election Process

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Democracy 21 today strongly urged House Members to vote for H.R. 8873, the Presidential Election Reform Act (PERA), introduced by Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Liz Cheney (R-WY). The legislation is expected to come to the House floor on Wednesday. This legislation provides for essential reforms to two antiquated 19th-century laws that govern the presidential […]

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The Need To Repair The Electoral Count Act To Protect Future Presidential Elections

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Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | August 4, 2022 In the fall of 2020, Walter Dellinger, the late and widely admired former acting U.S. Solicitor General, was focused on defending Joe Biden against any moves that then-President Donald Trump might make to overturn the 2020 presidential election if Trump lost. Dellinger had joined with two other […]

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D21 Urges Senate To Make Important Changes To Electoral Count Reform Act To Ensure It Can Effectively Prevent Future Efforts To Steal The Presidency

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“Given how close former President Trump came to overturning the 2020 election, there is no room for error in the reform legislation.” – D21 President Fred Wertheimer The Electoral Count Reform Act of 2022 (ECRA), which would reform two antiquated 19th-century laws that govern the presidential election process, “is important and necessary reform,” but there […]

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D21 Testimony On Reforming the Electoral Count Act

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  View Democracy 21’s testimony in a PDF   Testimony of Fred Wertheimer, President, Democracy 21   On Reforming the Electoral Count Act  Submitted to Senate Rules Committee Hearing On “The Electoral Count Act: The Need For Reform”   August 3, 2022   Chairwoman Klobuchar, Ranking Member Blunt, and members of the Senate Rules Committee, Democracy 21 […]

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Collins-Manchin Bill Repairs Flawed 19th-Century Presidential Election Laws, But Important Changes In Bill Are Needed

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“This is the beginning of the legislative process, not the end.”  Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | July 28, 2022 Last week, a bipartisan group of Senators, led by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joe Manchin (D-WV), proposed legislation to repair two antiquated 19th-century laws that govern how presidential elections work. Both laws are seriously flawed […]

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Wertheimer On NBC Think: Trump Proved Flawed 19th-Century Election Laws Are Ticking Time Bombs

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Congress has an opportunity to finally fix the flawed Presidential Election Day Act of 1845 and the Electoral Count Act of 1887. It can’t fail. Former President Donald Trump’s “plot to steal the 2020 presidential election was eye-opening. Congress must act now to ensure that any future attempt to steal the presidency does not succeed […]

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The Overwhelming Evidence Of The Jan. 6 Hearings And Why Trump Must Be Held Accountable

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Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | July 21, 2022 The House Jan. 6 hearings have exceeded all expectations. Blockbuster hearing after blockbuster hearing have produced overwhelming evidence to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that former President Donald Trump led a conspiracy to attempt to steal the 2020 presidential election he had clearly lost and that he incited the […]

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