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âA small donor matching system using public funds would help level the playing field and give politicians a reason to listen to ordinary voters.â — Chicago Sun-Times A small donor matching fund system for candidates running for state office in Illinois âwould give candidates a reason to spend more time listening to ordinary people instead […]
FRED WERTHEIMERâS WEEKLY NOTEÂ |Â 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 Trumpâs Big Lie in action. Republican officeholders are passing state laws blatantly designed to diminish the ability of Democratic supporters […]
FRED WERTHEIMERâS WEEKLY NOTEÂ |Â February 3, 2022 Following the defeat last month of the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act, essential voting rights legislation, by a vote of 52-to-48, a small bipartisan group of Senators turned their focus to repairing the Electoral Count Act of 1877 (ECA). This effort to develop ECA reforms […]
Reforms to the Electoral Count Act (ECA) are âneeded and welcome, but they simply are not adequate to meet the current moment.â As Congress considers the next steps in the fight to move voting rights forward, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition of more than 230 national organizations, and 53 individual […]
FRED WERTHEIMERâS WEEKLY NOTEÂ |Â JANUARY 27, 2022 If anyone had any doubt about the destructive impact that last weekâs defeat in the Senate of the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act will have on our nation, look no further than this example from Texas. Kenneth Thompson, a 95-year-old World War II veteran, who […]
FRED WERTHEIMERâS WEEKLY NOTEÂ |Â JANUARY 20, 2022 American democracy suffered a major defeat last night. Last night, 52 Senators voted down a filibuster rules change that would have allowed the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act to pass the Senate by majority vote. Those Senators â 50 Republicans and two Democrats â joined […]
âThe Fight Goes On.â Â Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer American democracy suffered a major defeat last night. Last night, 52 Senators voted down a filibuster rules change that would have allowed the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act to pass the Senate by majority vote. Those Senators â 50 Republicans and […]
As the voting rights debate begins âthe decision Senators make will determine whether our democracy and the right to vote will be preserved â or whether Trumpâs Big Lie will continue to contaminate the country,â D21 President Fred Wertheimer writes on NBC Think. Debate on the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis voting rights legislation is […]
â[W]e are united now in urging Congress to exercise its Constitutional responsibility to enact laws that set national standards for the conduct of Federal elections and for decisions that determine election outcomes,â Jerry West, Nick Saban, Paul Tagliabue And Others Write In Letter To Sen. Manchin In a letter to Senator Joe Manchin […]
In a letter today, Democracy 21 urged the 50 Senators who support the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act to âdo whatever it takesâ to pass the legislation. When Senate proponents âfought for the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964, they recognized the bill was of overriding importance to the country,â according to […]
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