Key Publications and Commentary
Read analysis and commentary from the Brennan Center and others on the For the People Act and the Freedom to Vote Act.
Brennan Center Analysis and Commentary
Mira Ortegon: Latino Communities on the Front Lines of Voter Suppression, Brennan Center, Jan. 14, 2022
Michael Waldman: Why Voting Rights Isn’t (Usually) Bipartisan, Politico, Jan. 13, 2022
Andrew Garber: Debunking False Claims About the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, Brennan Center, Jan. 13, 2022
Michael Waldman: Why Opponents of Voting Reforms Are Wrong, Brennan Center, Jan. 11, 2022
Michael LI: Partisan Gerrymandering is Rampant this Cycle. Congress Needs to Act, Brennan Center, Jan. 11, 2022
Michael Li: No, Republicans aren’t hammering Democrats in redistricting. They’re doing something worse, Washington Post, Jan. 10, 2022
Michael Waldman: The January 6 Insurrection Isn’t Over, Brennan Center, Jan. 4, 2022
Michael Waldman: A Year of Crisis For Our Democracy, Brennan Center, Dec. 28, 2021
Will Wilder and Elizabeth Hira: How the Freedom to Vote Act Can Blunt the Worst of Texas’s Voter Suppression Law, Brennan Center, Dec. 15, 2021
Michael Waldman: Voting Rights Deserve a Majority Vote, Too, Brennan Center, Dec. 11, 2021
Michael Li and Julia Boland: Anatomy of the Texas Gerrymander, Brennan Center, Dec. 7, 2021
Michael Waldman: Our Democracy Is in Crisis, Brennan Center, Dec. 7, 2021
Daniel Weiner and Lawrence Norden: As It Convenes a Global Democracy Summit, the United States Must Commit To Defending Democracy at Home, Just Security, Dec. 3, 2021
Michael Waldman: Plenty of Gerrymandering in Early Maps, Brennan Center, Dec. 1, 2021
Michael Li: Early Lessons from the Current Redistricting Round, Brennan Center, Nov. 30, 2021
Michael Li: The GOP’s Redistricting Loophole, Brennan Center, Nov. 16, 2021
Michael Waldman: The Growing Election Sabotage Movement, Brennan Center, Nov. 10, 2021
Gabriella Limón: It’s Time to Stop Gerrymandering Latinos out of Political Power, Brennan Center, Nov. 4, 2021
Michael Li: The GOP Roots of Redistricting Reform, Brennan Center, Oct. 20, 2021
Michael Waldman: The Senate’s Moment of Truth on Democracy Reform, Brennan Center, Oct. 19, 2021
Daniel I. Weiner, Martha Kinsella, and Will Wilder: Key Differences Between the For the People Act and the Freedom to Vote Act, Brennan Center, Oct. 14, 2021
Michael Li: The Freedom to Vote Act is a Big Deal for Redistricting, Brennan Center, Oct. 13, 2021
Wendy R. Weiser, Daniel I. Weiner, and Emil Mella Pablo: Breaking Down the Freedom to Vote Act, Brennan Center, Sep. 23, 2021
Michael Waldman: Pass the Freedom to Vote Act, Brennan Center, Sep. 14, 2021
Michael Li: Don’t gerrymander away the new multiracial America, Boston Globe, Aug. 24, 2021
Mira Ortegon and Colleen Olson: Fixing the Senate Filibuster, Brennan Center, Aug. 11, 2021
Michael Li: The voting fix that cannot wait: Stopping partisan gerrymandering, Washington Post, Aug. 2, 2021
Michael Waldman: The Great Voter Suppression Campaign of 2021, Brennan Center, Jul. 27, 2021
Michael Waldman: Voting’s Death by a Thousand Cuts, Brennan Center, Jul. 20, 2021
Sean Morales-Doyle: The Supreme Court Clearly Won’t Protect Voting Rights. But Congress Can., Washington Post, Jul. 3, 2021
Elizabeth Hira: Defending Democracy: Final Passage of ‘For the People’ Act Still Entirely Within Reach, Ms., Jun. 22, 2021
Elizabeth Hira, Julia Boland, and Julia Kirschenbaum: Equity For the People, Brennan Center, Jun. 17, 2021
Daniel Weiner: GOP Resistance to Campaign Finance Reforms Shows Disregard for US Voters, The Hill, May 17, 2021
Daniel Weiner and Gareth Fowler: The For the People Act: Separating Fact from Fiction, Brennan Center, May 13, 2021
Lawrence Norden and Gowri Ramachandran: Georgia's Voting Law Will Make Elections Easier to Hack, Slate, Apr. 13, 2021
Michael Waldman: Why Democrats Shouldn't Break Up Their Voting Rights Bill, Washington Post, Apr. 2, 2021
Lawrence Norden, Wendy Weiser, and Derek Tisler: The Truth About the 'For the People Act', Brennan Center, Mar. 26, 2021
Gareth Fowler et al: Congress Could Change Everything, Brennan Center, Mar. 16, 2021
Michael Li: Why the For the People Act Is Critical for Fair Voting Maps, Brennan Center, Mar. 11, 2021
Elizabeth Hira: The For the People Act Is America’s Next Great Civil Rights Bill, Brennan Center, Mar. 1, 2021
Julia Kirschenbaum: How the Student Debt Crisis Underscores the Urgency of Campaign Finance Reform, Brennan Center, Feb. 16, 2021
Ian Vandewalker: How to Change Incentives for both Politicians and Donors, Brennan Center, Feb. 4, 2021
Wendy Weiser, Daniel Weiner, and Dominique Erney: Congress Must Pass the 'For the People Act', Brennan Center, Jan. 29, 2021
Annotated Guide to the For the People Act of 2021, Brennan Center, Jan. 20, 2021
Wendy Weiser, Daniel Weiner, and Tim Lau: How to Fix American Democracy, Brennan Center, Jan. 13, 2021
Wendy Weiser and Daniel Weiner: The Supreme Court's "Breathtakingly Radical" New Approach to Election Law, Politico, Nov. 22, 2020
Chisun Lee, Gregory Clark, and Nirali Vyas: Small Donor Public Financing Could Advance Race and Gender Equity in Congress, Brennan Center, Oct. 15, 2020
Wendy Weiser: US Elections Need a Fundamental Reboot, Boston Globe, Sept. 21, 2020
Daniel Weiner: FEC Dormant Heading into 2020 Election, Brennan Center, Jul. 29, 2020
Wendy Weiser and Daniel Weiner: Close the 3 Loopholes that Are Harming the 2020 Election, Brennan Center, Mar. 5, 2020
Ian Vandewalker and Kevin Morris: The Reform Law Needed to Counter Citizens United: H.R. 1, Brennan Center, Jan. 21, 2020
Gareth Fowler and Daniel Weiner: Understanding H.R.1’s Public Financing Provisions, Brennan Center, Sept. 20, 2019
Michael Waldman: The Mueller Moment, Brennan Center, July 23, 2019
Brennan Center for Justice: The Mueller Report Exposed Weaknesses in U.S. Democratic Institutions that H.R. 1 Would Address, Brennan Center, July 10, 2019
Max Feldman: Voting Rights in America, Six Years after Shelby v. Holder, Brennan Center, June 25, 2019
Michael Li: Five Ways H.R. 1 Would Transform Redistricting, Brennan Center, June 19, 2019
Tim Lau: House Passes Historic Democracy Reform Bill, Brennan Center, Mar. 8, 2019
Michael Waldman: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Identified the Problem. Here's the Solution, CNN, Feb. 19, 2019
Tim Lau: H.R. 1: These Reforms Would Strengthen Our Democracy, Brennan Center, Feb. 15, 2019
Daniel Weiner: FEC's Status Quo is Hazardous - Proposed Legislation Would Help Fix It, The Hill, Feb.10, 2019
Michael Waldman: An Agenda Setting Moment, Brennan Center, Jan. 25, 2019
Michael Waldman: The Birth of a Democracy Movement, Address at the Brennan Center Legacy Awards Dinner, Nov. 13, 2018
Tim Lau: Democracy Reform Tops Agenda for New Congress, Brennan Center, Nov. 13, 2018
Wendy Weiser and Daniel Weiner: Voters Are Hungry for Reform: Congress Must Deliver, The Hill, Nov. 9, 2018
Zachary Roth and Michael Waldman: Democracy Wins, Brennan Center, Nov. 6, 2018
Zachary Roth and Wendy Weiser: This is the Worst Voter Suppression We've Seen in the Modern Era, Brennan Center, Nov. 2, 2018
Michael Waldman: Democracy Itself is on the Ballot This Year, The Washington Post, Oct. 24, 2018
Voices of Congress
President Joe Biden: A First Priority for a Biden Administration Will Be Comprehensive Reforms, as Reflected in H.R. 1, Democracy 21, Apr, 17, 2020
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi: H.R. 1 Will Make America More Democratic, Wall Street Journal, Nov. 24, 2020
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer: Georgia Democrats press voting rights law that could change elections, Georgia Recorder, Mar. 18, 2020
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi: Pelosi Remarks at Bicameral Press Event on One Year Anniversary of House Passage of For The People Act, Speaker.gov, Mar. 10, 2020
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer: Schumer Floor Remarks Urging Leader McConnell To Stop Blocking H.R. 1, The For the People Act, On The One-Year Anniversary Of Its Passage In The House, Senate Democrats, Mar. 10, 2020
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Stacey Abrams: 'It's Time to Fight Back!,' Black Press USA, Mar. 8, 2020
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi: Floor Speech Advocating for H.R. 1, The For the People Act, Speaker.gov, Mar. 6, 2019
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi: Remarks at Press Event Introducing H.R. 4, Voting Rights Advancement Act, Feb. 26, 2019
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Representative John Sarbanes: The Democratic Majority’s First Order of Business: Restore Democracy, The Washington Post, Nov. 25, 2018
Sen. Michael Bennet: Reform the Filibuster to revive the Senate and democracy, Colorado Sun, Dec. 19, 2021
Sen. Angus King: A constitutional crisis is unfolding before our eyes, Boston Globe, Nov. 15, 2021
Sen. Tom Carper: No barrier — not even the filibuster — must stop our obligation to our democracy, USA Today, Nov. 4, 2021
Sen. Martin Heinrich, Congressional Action Needed: We Must Protect Voting Rights, The Paper, Oct. 20, 2021
Senator Tim Kaine: The Jan. 6 attacks demand that we protect voting rights, Washington Post¸ Sep. 17, 2021
Representative Pramila Jayapal: Congress, follow Washington’s lead on voting rights and pass the For the People Act, Seattle Times, Jul. 18, 2021
Senator Jeff Merkley: The for the People Act will protect democracy, USA Today, Jun. 22, 2021
Representative Mondaire Jones: The House of Democracy is on Fire. We Must Save It, Democracy Docket, Jun. 9, 2021
Representative Lauren Underwood: The For the People Act Will Empower Small Donors and Increase Representation in our Democracy, The Hill, May. 27, 2021
Former Senator Max Baucus: New Voter Rights Bill Will Restore Confidence in our Elections, Montana Standard, Apr. 19, 2021
Representative G.K. Butterfield: Protecting the Fundamental Right of All Americans to Have Access to the Voting Booth, The Hill, Apr. 14, 2021
Representative Mondaire Jones: Now Is the Time for a Third Reconstruction — Abolishing Jim Crow Once and for All, Washington Post, Apr. 12, 2021
Representative Raúl Grijalva: Republican Legislatures Are Putting Up Barriers to Voting. We Need HR 1 to Knock Them Down, AZ Central, Mar. 18, 2021
Representative John Garamendi: Strengthen American Democracy: Pass the ‘For the People Act,’ The Appeal Democrat, Mar. 11, 2021
Representative Jim McGovern and Ellen Kurz: Congress Must Defeat the Continued Insurrection Against American Democracy, Newsweek, Feb. 8, 2021
Representative John Sarbanes, Democrats Have a Plan to Start Rebuilding American Democracy. Can They Get It Done?, Rolling Stone, Jan. 20, 2021
Senator Cory Booker and Tiffany Muller, How the Next Congress Can Improve U.S. Elections and Protect Voting Rights, Time, Dec. 30, 2020
Senator Tom Udall: We Can Achieve Our Democratic Ideals Now by Passing the For the People Act, The Hill, Dec. 23, 2020
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer: Democrats will restore America, CNN, Oct. 21, 2020
Ben Jealous and Representative John Sarbanes: COVID-19 has exposed inequities and a broken democracy, Baltimore Sun, Aug. 17, 2020
Congressman Ed Case: Candidate Q&A: U.S. House District 1 — Ed Case, Honolulu Civil Beat, June 30, 2020
Senators Jeff Merkley and Tom Udall: What our democracy needs now: Legislation that returns power to the American people, USA Today, Mar. 19, 2020
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer: Statement on the One-Year Anniversary of House Passage of the For The People Act, Mar. 9, 2020
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer: The House's 'For the People Act' Proves Democrats are Delivering on Our Midterm Promises, NBC News, Mar. 8. 2019
Representative Jason Crow: Still Waiting for the Senate to Take On Corruption, Westword, Mar. 7, 2020.
Representative Andy Kim: A year of fighting a broken system, Burlington County Times, Mar. 7, 2020.
Representative Abigail Spanberger: To lower drug prices, we must confront special interests' influence on our politics, Culpeper Star-Exponent, Mar. 7, 2020.
Representative Joe Cunningham: One year later, it's time for Mitch McConnell to stop blocking critical anti-corruption and election reform legislation, Charleston City Paper, Mar. 5, 2020
Representative Chris Pappas: Not up for debate: ending corruption and the power of special interests in Washington, The Hill, Feb. 7, 2020
Representative James McGovern: As I See It: Senate must act on securing America’s elections, Telegram, Nov. 14, 2019
Representative John Sarbanes and Brian Frosh: Ensuring elections ‘free from foreign intrusion’, Baltimore Sun, July 3, 2019
Letter by 62 Freshman Democrats to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, June 5, 2019
Vanita Gupta and Representative John Sarbanes: Leader McConnell, Let Us Vote, The Hill, May 2, 2019
Representative Greg Stanton: We Must Do Better By the People, For the People, Ahwatukee Foothills News, Apr. 2, 2019
Representative John Sarbanes: H.R. 1: A Call for Campaign Finance Reform, Ethics, and Voting Rights,The Real News Network, Mar. 24, 2019
Representative Cheri Bustos: One Step Closer to Restoring Our Democracy For the People, Star Courier, Mar. 23, 2019
Representative Antonio Delgado: H.R. 1 Would Bring Much Needed Campaign Finance Reform, Daily Freeman, Mar. 20, 2019
Former Representative Tim Roemer: America's Next Moon Shot: Fixing the Broken Political System, Real Clear Politics, Mar. 12, 2019
Representative Jeff Van Drew: Explains His Vote on H.R. 1, Cape May County Herald, Mar. 11, 2019
Representative Chris Pappas: H.R. 1 Returns Power to the People, Fosters.com, Mar. 9, 2019
Representative TJ Cox: On the Passage of H.R. 1, 23 ABC News, Mar. 8, 2019
Representative Marc Veasey: Why We Need H.R. 1, Crooked Media, Mar. 5, 2019
Representative Andy Kim: H.R. 1 Takes Action on Campaign Financing, Burlington County Times, Mar. 5, 2019
Senator Doug Jones: 'Put Some Teeth Back' in the Voting Rights Act, CBS News, Mar. 3, 2019
Senator Patrick Leahy: Senate Floor Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy On The Introduction Of The Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019, Feb. 26, 2019
Representative Terri Sewell: For a More Perfect Union, Restore the Voting Rights Act, The Hill, Feb. 26, 2019
Representative Terri Sewell: Sewell, Leahy introduce The Voting Rights Advancement Act, Feb. 26, 2019
Representative Jim McGovern: House Chair: Why I’m No Longer Accepting Corporate PAC Money, CNN, Feb. 2, 2019
Other Key Analysis and Commentary
Colbert I. King: Martin Luther King Jr.’s words resonate all too well today, Washington Post, Jan. 14, 2022
Barack Obama: We need to follow John Lewis’ example and fight for our democracy, USA Today, Jan. 12, 2022
E.J. Dionne Jr.: History will judge Senate Democrats on voting rights, not Senate rules, Washington Post, Jan. 12, 2022
Washington Post Editorial Board: This is why Democrats should push hard on voting rights, Washington Post, Jan. 11, 2022
Jaime Harrison: My grandfather taught me this crucial life lesson, CNN, Jan. 10, 2022
Juan Williams: Democracy will die unless voting rights are protected, The Hill, Jan. 10, 2022
Gen. Allen Tackett: Put democracy first, West Virginia Gazette-Mail, Jan. 8, 2022
Paul F. Eckstein: American democracy is in greater danger now than during the Jan. 6 attack, AZ Central, Jan. 6, 2022
Fred Wertheimer and Norman Eisen: Fixing the Electoral Count Act is no substitute for real election reform, Washington Post, Jan. 6, 2022
Ronald Brownstein: It’s Time for Democrats to Break the Glass, The Atlantic, Jan. 6, 2022
New York Times Editorial Board: Every Day is Jan. 6 Now, New York Times, Jan. 1, 2022
Sam Levine: Democracy under attack: how Republicans led the effort to make it harder to vote, The Guardian, Dec. 27, 2021
Del. John Doyle: End gerrymandering, pass ‘Freedom to Vote’, Parkersburg News and Sentinel, Dec. 27, 2021
Maya Yang: ‘It’s time to take action’: faith leaders urge Biden to pass voting rights legislation, The Guardian, Dec. 23, 2021
Georgia Linden: Why 20 of us went on a hunger strike in support of the Freedom to Vote Act, AZ Central, Dec. 19,2021
Quincy Howard: I am a Catholic sister who was arrested at a voting rights protest. Our democracy is worth it, America Magazine, Dec. 17, 2021
USA Today Editorial Board: Democracy in the balance: Revise Senate filibuster to protect elections and voting rights, USA Today, Dec. 13, 2021
Farhad Manjoo: The Year America Lost Its Democracy, New York Times, Dec. 8, 2021
Matt Keller: As Democracy Summit approaches, Biden must make the Freedom to Vote Act his priority, The Hill, Dec. 7, 2021
Jennifer Rubin: Preparing for the democracy summit: Biden needs to start at home, Washington Post, Dec. 6, 2021
Sue Halpern: Biden’s Global Democracy Summit Raises an Awkward Question: Can Ours Endure?, New Yorker, Nov. 30, 2021
E.J. Dionne Jr.: The hypocrisy argument on the filibuster is itself phony, Washington Post, Nov. 28, 2021
Austin Sarat and Denis Aftergut: With extreme gerrymandering locking in, Biden needs to make democracy preservation job one, The Hill, Nov. 26, 2021
Jennifer Rubin: If Biden fails to secure voting rights, it will be his most lasting legacy, Washington Post, November 23, 2021
Washington Post Editorial Board: Why on Earth are Republicans still blocking voting rights bills?, Washington Post, Nov. 9, 2021
Baoky Vu and Adrian Fontes: We Are Republican and Democratic Election Officials. Voting Rights Are a Bipartisan Issue, Newsweek, Oct. 29, 2021
Michael Gerson: Democrats have declared a voting rights emergency – but where's the urgency?, Washington Post, Oct. 25, 2021
State Rep. Rachel Hood: My Take: West Michigan needs the freedom to vote act and leaders who will protect our democracy, Holland Sentinel, Oct. 24, 2021
Colbert King: No issue is more important than voting rights, Washington Post, Oct. 22, 2021
Christy Smith: Voter Suppression is Felt in Blue California, Too. Pass the Freedom to Vote Act, Los Angeles Magazine, Oct. 20, 2021
Charles Blow: Last Chance to Save American Democracy, New York Times, Oct. 17, 2021
Gazette-Mail Editorial: Congress should pass the Freedom to Vote Act, The Charleston Gazette-Mail, Oct. 15, 2021
Trevor Potter and Donald Ayer: The parts of Manchin’s voting act you haven’t heard about, The Hill, Oct. 8, 2021
Dennis Aftergut: Congress has a massive voting rights bill in its grasp. It must pass it, now, The Guardian, Sep. 22, 2021
Washington Post Editorial Board: If Republicans can’t get behind an issue as fundamental as voting, Democrats must push through their bill, Washington Post, Sep. 19, 2021.
New York Times Editorial Board: Joe Manchin Got the Voting Bill He Wanted. Time to Pass it, New York Times, Sep. 18, 2021
Hayes Brown: The Freedom to Vote Act is Democrats’ Final Chance to Save Voting Rights, MSNBC, Sep. 15, 2021.
Norm Ornstein and Dennis Aftergut: A Hinge Point for Voting Rights, The Atlantic, Sep. 14, 202
Dennis Aftergut and Fred Wertheimer: How to loosen the hold rich people have on our elections, CNN, Aug. 7, 2021
Bryan Slodysko and Christina A. Cassidy: Voting Rights Ruling Increases Pressure on Democrats to Act, AP, Jul. 1, 2021
Rio Tazewell: Small Donor Revolutionaries: Young Elected Officials Support S. 1, People for the American Way, Jun. 25, 2021
Nick Corasaniti: Democrats Vow to Redouble Voting Push: ‘Today Is the Starter Pistol’, New York Times, Jun. 22, 2021
Latosha Brown, Mary-Pat Hector, and Nsé Ufot: Our Democracy Requires Year-Round Work, Newsweek, Jun. 21, 2021
Katie Hobbs: I’m Leading the Fight for Voting Rights in Arizona. We Need the Senate to Step Up, Now., Washington Post, Jun. 14, 2021
Erwin Chemerinsky and Dennis Aftergut: No, Joe Manchin, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act isn’t Enough, San Francisco Chronicle, Jun. 8, 2021
Ann Ravel and Stephen Spaulding: Did Stormy Daniels’ $130,000 Break Campaign Finance Laws? The FEC Is Too Dysfunctional to Decide, Los Angeles Times, May 29, 2021
Las Vegas Sun Editorial Board: Republican Lawmakers’ Power Grab is Putting Courts in the Crosshairs, Las Vegas Sun, May 21, 2021
Jeanine Santucci: Where Do the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the For the People Act Stand?, USA Today, May 14, 2021
Frank Bass and Bergen Smith: To Fight the For the People Act, Opponents Resort to Online Disinformation, Decode Democracy, May 10, 2021
Norman Eisen, Joanna Lydgate, and Jessica Marsden: The Threat to US Democracy Goes Beyond Voter Suppression, CNN, Apr. 28, 2021
Tiffany Muller and Jason Kander: Attempt to Disenfranchise Kansas Voters Shows Why We Need the For the People Act, Kansas City Star, Apr. 28, 2021
Jessie Littlewood and Yosef Getachew: The For the People Act Is the Bold Legislative Action We Need to Fight Election Disinformation, The Hill, Apr. 19, 2021
Carl Hulse: Democrats Aim to Revive a Campaign Finance Watchdog, New York Times, Apr. 17, 2021
Ben Jealous: It’s Time for the U.S. Senate to Pass the ‘For the People Act’, Baltimore Sun, Apr. 15, 2021
Bernice A. King and William J. Barber II: We Must Reclaim Voting Rights as a Moral Issue, Time, Apr. 14, 2021
Robin Abcarian: Voter Suppression Will Be the Lasting Impact of Trump’s Big Lie, Los Angeles Times, Apr. 11, 2021
Dahleen Glanton: Republicans Can Try to Suppress Black Voters, But They Won’t Succeed Unless We Let Them, Chicago Tribune, Apr. 8, 2021
Jahna Lindemuth: Federal Action Is Needed to Protect the Vote, Anchorage Daily News, Apr. 8, 2021
Normal Eisen and Joanna Lydgate: The Strongest Antidote the Voter Suppression Bills, CNN, Apr. 7, 2021
Buffalo News Editorial Board: Senate Must Counter Republican Efforts to Turn Back the Clock on Voting Rights, Buffalo News, April 3, 2021
David Moore: Democrats’ Public Financing Proposal Could Give Small Donors More Influence, Sludge, Apr. 2, 2021
Ben Jealous: Why the Aptly Named For the People Act Deserves Senate Support, Washington Times, Mar. 30, 2021
Rick Staton: For the People Act Would Eliminate Dark Money, Charleston Gazette-Mail, Mar. 30, 2021
Kate Masur: The Lack of Federal Voting Rights Protections Returns Us to the Pre-Civil War Era, Washington Post, Mar. 29, 2021
Adrian Fontes, Lance Gough, and Toni Johnson: For the People Act a Rescue Plan for Democracy, Arizona Capitol Times, Mar. 26, 2021
Voter Protection Program: The Impact of H.R. 1 & S.1 on Voting: An Analysis of Key States, Mar. 23, 2021
USA Today Editorial Board: H.R. 1 Would Maintain Voting Rights and Voting Integrity that States Saved Amid COVID-19, USA Today, Mar. 18, 2021
Fred Wertheimer: The Bitter Irony in the GOP Trying to Curtail Voting Rights, CNN, Mar. 12, 2021
Jane C. Timm: Democrats Rethink the U.S. Voting System. What’s in the Massive H.R. 1: NBC News, Mar. 10, 2021
Brian Frosh, Karl Racine, and Norman Eisen: Fight Voter Suppression Laws in the States. Let’s Not Let America Regress to Jim Crow, USA Today, Mar. 9, 2021
Deborah Barfield Berry: Democrats and Republicans are Battling over Voting Rights in Congress and at Statehouses. Which side will win?, USA Today, Mar. 6, 2021
Olivia Rubin and Lucien Bruggeman: ‘A Great Clash’: Mail-In Voting Emerges as Main Target in Renewed Voting-Rights Battle, ABC News, Mar. 5, 2021
Clare Foran and Annie Grayer: House Passes Sweeping Election Bill That Would Counter GOP Efforts to Restrict Voter Access, CNN, Mar. 4, 2021
Mark L. Wolf: House Anti-Corruption and Supreme Court Ethics Vote Helps Restore U.S. Credibility, NBC News, Mar. 4, 2021
Steve Bonen: House Passes Democracy Reform Bill, Sets Stage for Critical Fight, MSNBC, Mar. 4, 2021
Nicholas Fandos: Targeting State Restrictions, House Passes Landmark Voting Rights Expansion, New York Times, Mar. 3, 2021
Laura Williamson: The For the People Act (H.R.1/S.1) is A Racial Justice Bill, Demos, Mar. 2, 2021
Mike Michaud: Campaign Finance Reform Offers Ripe Opportunity for Leadership in Washington, Bangor Daily News, Mar. 2, 2021
Silvia Albert: Why Congress Must Pass HR 1 and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act, Roll Call, Mar. 2, 2021
Steven Spaulding: The Parts of H.R. 1 You Haven't Heard About, The Hill, Mar. 2, 2021
Matt Keller: It’s Too Difficult for ‘Ordinary’ People to Run for Office. The For The People Act Can Change That., America, Mar. 1, 2021
Jamelle Bouie: How to Not Be at the Mercy of a Trumpified G.O.P., New York Times, Feb. 23, 2021
Jana Morgan: Congress Needs to Seize the Moment, End the Influence of Big Money, and Save American Democracy, Business Insider, Feb. 23, 2021
Hajar Hammado and Noah Cole: The Nonpartisan & Bipartisan Origins of the For The People Act, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Feb. 17, 2021
Anna Eskamani: Florida’s Leaders Must Fight for the ‘For The People Act’, Florida Politics, Feb. 16, 2021
Greg Sargent: The Massive GOP Betrayal of Our Democracy Requires a Forceful Democratic Response, Washington Post, Feb. 13, 2021
Ronald Brownstein: The GOP Cheat Code to Winning Back the House, The Atlantic, Feb. 11, 2021
Ben Jealous: For a Stronger America, We Must Protect Our Democracy and Hold Extremism Accountable, The WS Chronicle, Feb. 10, 2021
Donna Brazile and Michael Steele: These 7 Election Reforms Will Safeguard American Democracy, USA Today, Feb, 10, 2021
Michael Sozan: Momentum Grows for Bold Democracy Reform, Center for American Progress, Feb. 10, 2021
Richard North Patterson: The Reforms We Need to Reinvigorate American Democracy, The Bulwark, Feb. 9, 2021
Lee Drutman: Why Democracy Reform Is Good for Republicans, Too, Washington Post, Feb. 8, 2021
Stacey Abrams: Our Democracy Faced a Near-Death Experience. Here’s How to Revive It., Washington Post, Feb. 7, 2021
Washington Post Editorial Board: Republicans Want More Voter Suppression. Here’s How to Make Elections More Fair — Not Less., Washington Post, Feb. 3, 2021
J. Dionne Jr: Democrats Are Faced with a Choice. Protect the Filibuster or Protect Democracy., Washington Post, Jan. 31, 2021
Jackson Diehl: Trump Left U.S. Democracy in Shambles. Biden Has to Build It Back., Washington Post, Jan. 31, 2021
Ronald Brownstein: The Decision That Will Define Democrats for a Decade, The Atlantic, Jan. 28, 2021
Fred Wertheimer: Trump's Capitol Mob Lends Senate Democrats the Momentum to Enact Historic Reforms, NBC News, Jan. 27, 2021
Katrina vanden Heuvel: The fight to revive democracy has only just begun, Washington Post, Jan. 26, 2021
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. and David Daley: Democrats have a chance to finally win the fight for voting rights that started in 1965, USA Today, Jan. 26, 2021
Campaign Legal Center: The Bipartisan Origins & Impact of the For the People Act (H.R. 1/S. 1), Jan. 25, 2021
Christina A. Cassidy: Democrats Make Federal Election Standards a Top Priority, AP, Jan. 23, 2021
Matt Keller: Trump Actions Illustrate Why Congress Must Pass the For The People Act, The Hill, Jan. 22, 2021
Caleb Jackson: The Two Bills Biden Needs to Sign as Soon as Possible to Make the Next Election Fair, The Fulcrum, Jan. 20, 2021
Ed Kilgore: Democrats Push Voting-Rights Expansion With Fresh Urgency, New York Magazine, Jan. 19, 2021
Greg Sargent: An early move from Democrats seeks to undo an ugly part of Trump’s legacy, Washington Post, Jan. 19, 2021
Jordain Carney: Senate Democrats make democracy reform first bill of new majority, The Hill, Jan. 19, 2021
Kate Ackley: Democrats seek momentum for voting, political money overhaul, Roll Call, Jan. 19, 2021
Paul Blumenthal: Senate Democrats Announce First Order Of Business For New Majority: Fixing Democracy, HuffPost, Jan. 19, 2021
Steve Benen: As Dems prepare to govern, bolstering democracy is a top priority, MSNBC, Jan. 19, 2021
Lisa Gilbert: A Bill for a Democracy in Crisis, Progressive, Jan. 12, 2021
Lee Drutman: Trump Supporters Storm the Capitol to Attack Democracy. Here's How Congress Can Save It, NBC News, Jan. 6, 2021
Molly Schwartz: Democrats Control Congress. Can They Help Restore Democracy?, Mother Jones, Jan. 6, 2021
Andrea Germanos: Reintroduced 'For the People Act' Praised for Its Potential to Bring Sweeping Democracy Reforms, Common Dreams, Jan. 5, 2021
The For the People Act: How Key H.R. 1 Provisions Would Fix Democracy Problems, Campaign Legal Center, Dec. 24, 2020
H.R.1: For the People Act: The Impact of Select H.R.1 Policy Changes on Black and Brown Political Power, Demos, Dec. 18, 2020
Michael Steele: Trustworthy government is not a Republican or a Democratic issue. Let's fix this., USA Today, Dec. 2, 2020
Susan Rice: Our Democracy’s Near-Death Experience, New York Times, Dec. 1, 2020
Stephen Spaulding: Access to Democracy Must Be a Priority For All, Inside Sources, Nov. 9, 2020
New York Times Editorial Board: Why Are Republicans So Afraid of Voters?, New York Times, Nov. 1, 2020
Noah Bookbinder: Trump tax returns: Conflicts of interest and national security threats plague this presidency, USA Today, Sept. 30, 2020
Elaine Godfrey: This Is the Future That Liberals Want, Atlantic, Sept. 17, 2020
Fred Wertheimer, How a Biden win can sink one of McConnell's top priorities, CNN, Aug. 31, 2020
Emily Singer: Obama Eulogizes John Lewis with Call for Voting Reforms He Fought For, American Independent, Jul. 30, 2020
Restoring the Voting Rights Act, 7 Years After Shelby, Democracy 21, Jun. 25, 2020
Melissa Price Kromm: We the People demand the Senate pass the 'For the People Act', The Hill, Mar. 13, 2020
Sister Quincy Howard: The Moral Call for Repairing our Broken Democracy, Medium, Mar. 8, 2020
Chiraag Bains: A Campaign Finance Solution Has Been Sitting on McConnell's Desk for a Year, Inequality.org, Mar. 6, 2020
Michael Sozan: Bold Democracy Reform Is a Cornerstone Principle for Democrats, Center for American Progress, Mar. 5, 2020
Rio Tazewell: One Year Since Monumental Democracy Reform Bill Passes The House, People For the American Way, Mar 4. 2020
Albert Gonzalez: Nevadans should bet on a president who gets money out of politics Reno Gazette Journal, Feb. 19, 2020
Aaron Scherb: Counterpoint: Is President Trump Solely to Blame for the Lack of Civility in Politics?, Inside Sources, Feb. 17, 2020
Jen Herrick: Mitch McConnell Must Take the For the People Act Out of His Legislative Graveyard, People for the American Way, Feb. 14, 2020
Danielle Root: Counterpoint: Conservatives keep up discriminatory efforts, Gaston Gazette, Jan. 26, 2020
Tiffany Muller: The Court Ruling That Sold Our Democracy, Eurasia Review, Jan. 24, 2020
Tiffany Muller: Obama was right, Alito was wrong: Citizens United has corrupted American politics, USA Today, Jan. 20, 2020
George Pillsbury and Miles Rapoport: Not a Typo: States Made 2019 a Historic Year for Election Reform, The American Prospect, Jan. 14, 2020
Caleb Gayle: Think the Constitution guarantees your right to vote? Think again, Boston Globe, Jan. 1, 2020
Lawrence Lessig: This is the silent political revolution of 2020, CNN, Dec. 12, 2019
Janna Morgan: The GOP is ignoring the will of the American people, The Hill, Nov. 11, 2019
Virginia Kase: Fixing our democracy is key to immigration reform, The Hill, Nov. 11, 2019
Jesse Jackson: McConnell’s Republican Senate Is a Roadblock to Progress in America, Common Dreams, Oct. 1, 2019
Fred Wertheimer: Don’t Give Up on HR 1. The Battle Lies Ahead., The Fulcrum, July 31, 2019
Chiraag Bains: How to fight the spread of voter suppression, The Hill, June 25, 2019
Lawrence Lessig: American Democracy is Broken. We Must Demand 2020 Candidates Commit to A Fix, The Guardian, May 5, 2019
Eliza Newlin Carney: FEC Dysfunction Now Threatens Democracy, The American Prospect, May 2, 2019
Campaign Legal Center: Senate Must Act to Bring Dark Money to Light, Daily Kos, Apr. 30, 2019
Michael Sozan and William Roberts: 10 Far-Reaching Congressional Ethics Reforms to Strengthen U.S. Democracy, Center for American Progress, Apr. 25, 2019
Amanda Gnaedinger, Common Cause: Vote Against Whitley, Vote for Protecting U.S. Democracy, Statesman, Apr. 8, 2019
Jeffrey Prescott (National Security Action) and Tiffany Muller (End Citizens United): To Defend Democracy Around the World, We Must First Fix It At Home,The Kansas City Star, Apr. 2, 2019
Jeremy Bauer-Wolf: Knocking Down Barriers for Student Voting, Inside Higher Ed, Mar. 20, 2019
Andrew Cohen: When a Bill to Revive Democracy is Called an Ode to Socialism, Brennan Center, Mar. 12, 2019
Susan Harley: Shining a Light on Democracy, CitizenVox, Mar. 11, 2019
New York Times Editorial Board: Only One Roadblock on the Road to Reform: Mitch McConnell, The New York Times, Mar. 8, 2019
Jason Sattler: Democrats Have Their 2020 Rallying Cry and It Goes Way Beyond "Dump Trump," USA Today, Mar. 8, 2019
Ella Nilsen, House Democrats just passed a slate of significant reforms to get money out of politics, Vox, Mar. 8, 2019
E.J. Dionne Jr.: How Will We Repair Our Democracy After Trump? H.R. 1 Offers a Clue, The Washington Post, Mar. 6, 2019
Virginia Kase: How H.R. 1 Could Help More Women Make History, The Hill, Mar. 5, 2019
Bloomberg Editorial Board: Repairing the Machinery of U.S. Democracy, Bloomberg, Mar. 4, 2019
Francis Wilkinson: HR 1 is Enormous and Necessary, Bloomberg, Mar. 4, 2019
Vann R. Newkirk II: The Democrats' New Voting-Rights Moment, The Atlantic, Mar. 2, 2019
Fred Wertheimer: The Case for a New Small Donor, Public Matching Funds System, YubaNet, Feb. 25, 2019
Jelani Cobb: The House Takes On America's Voting Rights Problem, The New Yorker, Feb. 18, 2019
Michael Sozan and Will Ragland: Recent Political Scandals the "For the People Act" Would Prevent from Recurring, Center for American Progress, Feb. 4, 2019
League of Women Voters of Greater Rockford, Illinois: League of Women Voters: Make Our Voices Heard to Protect Our Rights, Rockford Register Star, Feb. 2 2019
Joshua A. Douglas: What's Mitch McConnell So Afraid of?, CNN, Feb. 1 2019
Fred Wertheimer: To End Washington Corruption, Officeholders Must Have a New Way to Finance Their Campaigns, The Hill, Jan. 30, 2019
Paul Smith: H.R. 1 Would Fix – and Protect – Democracy in the U.S., U.S. News & World Report, Jan. 29, 2019
Eliza Newlin Carney: House Democrats' Anti-Corruption Push Resonates Well Beyond the Beltway, The American Prospect, Jan. 17, 2019
Rick Hasen: The House Democrats' Colossal Election Reform Bill Could Save American Democracy, Slate, Jan. 14, 2019
Lee Drutman: Democrats' Small Donor Campaign Finance Proposal Is a Great Deal for Taxpayers, Jan. 14, 2019
Norman Eisen and Fred Wertheimer: How to Fix America’s Broken Political System, Politico, Jan. 7, 2019
Jennifer Rubin: Distinguished Pol of the Week: Shoring Up Democracy, The New York Times, Jan. 6, 2019
Ella Nilsen: House Democrats officially unveil their first bill in the majority: a sweeping anti-corruption proposal, Vox, Jan. 4, 2019
Washington Post Editorial Board: The Democratic House Wants to Reform Democracy. It’s Not Panacea – But It’s a Start, The Washington Post, Jan. 3, 2019
New York Times Editorial Board: Cleaning the Congressional Stables, The New York Times, Dec. 31, 2018