Fulfilling the “Constitutional” Right to Vote: Election Reform, Voter Suppression & the Electoral College with Pam Wilmot, Vice President of State Operations for Common Cause
Thursday, September 23 5 PM ET Constitution Day honors our founding charter and its promise of freedom and participatory democracy. But the realities of the document and the history surrounding it fall far short of that lofty goal. Today we are at a crossroads, with a strong movement to both effectively expand the franchise and to shrink access to voting by implementing new barriers to political participation. Join Pam Wilmot, Vice President of State Operations at Common Cause, for a discussion of some promising new reforms—the National Popular Vote movement, which is close to providing an equal voice for all voters when electing a President, S1/HR1 the For the People Act in Congress, and state-based reforms—along with the backlash of voter suppression, disinformation, and sham election reviews. This event is sponsored by the Political Science Department, JumboVote, Tisch College, Office of the President, the Civic Studies Program and the Office of the Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. |