Wendy Weiser

New York

Democracy Vice President at Brennan Center

Vice President for Democracy @BrennanCenter

Articles

The President’s Executive Order on Elections, Explained

2 months ago | msmagazine.com | Wendy Weiser

This explainer was originally published by the Brennan Center for Justice. President Donald Trump issued an executive order on March 25 that aims to illegally overhaul and take control of major parts of the nation’s election systems. He claimed extraordinary unilateral authority to regulate federal elections and usurp the powers of Congress, the states and an independent bipartisan federal agency. This violates the Constitution and various federal laws.
The President’s Executive Order on Elections, Explained

2 months ago | brennancenter.org | Wendy Weiser

View the entire Explainers collection President Donald Trump last Tuesday issued an executive order that aims to illegally overhaul and take control of major parts of the nation’s election systems. He claimed extraordinary unilateral authority to regulate federal elections and usurp the powers of Congress, the states, and an independent bipartisan federal agency. This violates the Constitution and various federal laws.
SAVE Act Would Undermine Voter Registration for All Americans

Feb 11, 2025 | brennancenter.org | Wendy Weiser |Andrew Garber

View the entire Federal Attacks on the Freedom to Vote collection Last month, congressional Republicans pledged to fast-track the SAVE Act, a bill that would require all Americans to provide a birth certificate, passport, or one of a few other citizenship documents every time they register or re-register to vote. If enacted, it would devastate voter registration while disenfranchising tens of millions of eligible American citizens.
What Georgia Tells Us About the 2024 Election Subversion Campaign

Aug 22, 2024 | brennancenter.org | Andrew Garber |Wendy Weiser

This was originally published by Slate. Even before the first vote in the 2024 election is cast, partisan extremists are jockeying for the opportunity to potentially subvert the outcome. Georgia is the eye of the storm. Last week, Georgia’s Republican-controlled State Election Board voted to give county boards the unprecedented authority to second-guess election officials before certifying election results.
Donald Trump’s Latest Plan to Mess With Georgia’s Election Is Not Some Clever Loophole

Aug 14, 2024 | slate.com | Andrew Garber |Wendy Weiser

Jurisprudence By Even before the first vote in the 2024 election is cast, partisan extremists are jockeying for the opportunity to potentially subvert the outcome. Georgia is the eye of the storm. Last week, Georgia’s Republican-controlled State Election Board voted to give county boards the unprecedented authority to second-guess election officials before certifying election results.
Speaker Johnson Denies Being an Election Denier

Jan 10, 2024 | brennancenter.org | Michael Waldman |Wendy Weiser

You’re reading The Briefing, Michael Waldman’s weekly newsletter. Click here to receive it in your inbox. In an interview over the weekend, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson again insisted that he’s not an election denier. Then . . . he falsely claimed the 2020 election was illegitimate. Johnson takes pains to distinguish himself from people like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who insists that widespread voter fraud decided the 2020 election.
Threats to Elections Didn’t End on January 6

Sep 6, 2023 | msmagazine.com | Lauren Miller |Wendy Weiser

This article was originally published by the Brennan Center. For the first time, a former president is facing criminal charges for a wide-ranging conspiracy to thwart American democracy. In painstaking detail, the indictment recounts Trump’s scheme “to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election by using knowingly false claims of election fraud.” Regardless of how the case proceeds, one thing is already clear: the attacks on our democracy did not end on January 6, 2021.
Threats to Elections Didn’t End on January 6

Aug 4, 2023 | brennancenter.org | Lauren Miller |Wendy Weiser

For the first time, a former president is facing criminal charges for a wide-ranging conspiracy to thwart American democracy. In painstaking detail, the indictment recounts Trump’s scheme “to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election by using knowingly false claims of election fraud.” Regardless of how the case proceeds, one thing is already clear: the attacks on our democracy did not end on January 6, 2021.
GUEST VIEWPOINT: Thanks to the Supreme Court, US elections are safe from at least one threat

Jul 1, 2023 | daily-journal.com | Wendy Weiser

In a 6-3 decision in Moore v. Harper, the Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the independent state legislature theory, a radical theory that could have undermined voting rights and upended our elections. The ruling means that state courts can still freely enforce state constitutional rights and guarantees, as they have for hundreds of years. The case threatened to make state legislatures “independent” of the usual checks against abuse when they regulate federal elections.
Thanks to the Supreme Court, US elections are safe from at least one threat

Jun 29, 2023 | rockdalenewtoncitizen.com | Wendy Weiser

In a 6-3 decision in Moore v. Harper, the Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the independent state legislature theory, a radical theory that could have undermined voting rights and upended our elections. The ruling means that state courts can still freely enforce state constitutional rights and guarantees, as they have for hundreds of years. The case threatened to make state legislatures "independent" of the usual checks against abuse when they regulate federal elections.