May First Monday Call: Hope For Voter Registration Reform * Special Date*
Hope for Voter Registration Reforms
FCCP May Monthly Call
Monday, May 11th (the second Monday of May), 3-4pm ET/ 12-1pm PT
Speakers:
David J. Becker, Project Director for Election Initiatives, Pew Center on the States [bio]
Regina M. Eaton, Deputy Director, Democracy Program, Demos: A Network of Ideas & Action [bio]
Susan Liss, Director of the Democracy Program, Brennan Center [bio]
Moderator:
Patricia Bauman, President and Co-Director, Bauman Foundation
Coming out of the 2008 election, there is growing momentum to reform our antiquated system of registering voters. From proposals in Congress to place the government in a more proactive stance populating and updating voter registration rolls to campaigns to enact Election Day Registration in the states to efforts to ensure the effective implementation of the National Voter Registration Act’s provisions requiring registration at public assistance agencies, there is an opportunity to transform our voter registration system. What are the plans underway in the field? Where are advances likely? What does it mean for the voter registration drives that FCCP members have supported?
Related “In the News” Item: Senator Schumer Urges Government To Enforce Law Aimed At Voting
Related document- NVRA one page
Related document- EDRVF
51:14 minutes (46.91 MB)
