Tag Archive for: voter suppression

D21 Applauds Senate Introduction Of The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act

Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Democracy 21 applauds the Senate introduction today of the essential John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, led by Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA). A foundational principle of our democracy is that every eligible citizen has the right to vote and to have their vote […]

Elections And Democracy Under Siege

Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | May 4, 2023 Former President Donald Trump and his coup plotters failed when they tried to steal the 2020 election. Election deniers failed when they tried to win key statewide elections in 2022. That hasn’t stopped MAGA Republicans, triggered by Trump’s lies, from continuing to try to rig elections and […]

Rising Suppression: Voices. Voters. Books.

Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | April 27, 2023 Attacks on our democracy are rising, led by efforts to suppress voices, voters, and even books. Voices This week, state Democratic Representative Zooey Zephyr, Montana’s first transgender lawmaker, was censured and barred from the House floor for the remainder of the session on the grounds that her words violated […]

The New Republic: Will The Democrats Fight To Save Democracy?

The battle against voter suppression and election sabotage must be fought in the states and local communities, D21 President Fred Wertheimer tells The New Republic “It’s been thoroughly overtaken by events since, but by the time the midterm elections roll around in November, the implications of Congress’s failure to pass democratic reforms this term will […]

Texas Shows The Big Impact Of Trump’s Big Lie

Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | March 31, 2022 Trump’s Big Lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him was used last year as phony justification for GOP-controlled state legislatures around the country to enact destructive voter suppression laws. These laws are aimed at Black, brown, and other minority voters, urban residents, the elderly, […]

The New Jim Crow Laws Are Already Having An Impact On The Primaries

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE  |  February 17, 2022 The attacks on our democracy are moving into the 2022 primary elections. New state voter suppression laws that restrict access to absentee ballots, eliminate ballot drop boxes, drop registered voters from the rolls, and reduce polling places, among other provisions, are about to directly impact voters in […]

Trump’s Ceaseless Efforts To Undermine Our Democracy

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE  |  February 10, 2022 The greatest attacks on voting rights since the days before the Voting Rights Act of 1965 began last year and continue unabated in 2022. These attacks are Trump’s Big Lie in action. Republican officeholders are passing state laws blatantly designed to diminish the ability of Democratic supporters […]