Wendy R. Weiser
Democracy, Deputy Director
Ms. Weiser directs the Brennan Center's work on voting rights and elections. During the run-up to the 2004 and 2006 elections, she masterminded litigation and advocacy efforts that kept hundreds of thousands of voters from being disenfranchised. She has authored a number of reports and papers on election reform; litigated ground-breaking voting rights lawsuits; and provided policy and legislative drafting assistance to federal and state legislators and administrators across the country. She is a frequent public speaker and media contributor on election reform issues. She is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at NYU School of Law. Prior to joining the Brennan Center, Ms. Weiser was a senior attorney at NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund (presently called Legal Momentum), a litigation associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, and a law clerk to Judge Eugene H. Nickerson of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Ms. Weiser received her J.D. from Yale Law School and her B.A. from Yale College.
Media Appearances
Wendy Weiser appears on segement in which CNN's Abbie Boudreau looks into allegations of voter suppression and "purges."
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Blog Posts
- Gotcha! With Voting Rights (10/02/08)
- Voter Registration Shut Down? (09/24/08)
- FL’s Obstacle Course to Voter Registration (08/25/08)
- Indiana: Requiring IDs, Revoking IDs (02/04/08)
- Stakes High in Voter ID Case (01/30/08)