[EL] Series on "The Election Reform Agenda: A Deep Dive into H.R. 1"

[Nate Persily]

Stanford's Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, the
Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society, and the Stanford-MIT Healthy
Elections Project will be holding four web panel discussions in the coming
two weeks on H.R. 1.   They will all take place from 3-4:15 PM Eastern Time
(noon to 1:15 Pacific) on February 1 (election administration), 2 (voting
rights), 8 (gerrymandering), and 9 (campaign finance). You can register
here:
https://cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/events/election-reform-agenda-deep-dive-hr1

Panels described below:

Monday, Feb 1, 12:00 - 1:15 PM (PACIFIC): Election Administration


H.R. 1 creates federal standards for the administration of elections, eases
voter registration rules, expands ballot access through early and mail
voting, and strengthens voting system security.

Session Moderators:

Nate Persily, Co-Director of the Program on Democracy and Internet at
Stanford PACS and the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project

Didi Kuo, Associate Director for Research, Center on Democracy, Development
and Rule of Law at Stanford University

Session Speakers:

Leigh Chapman, Senior Director of Voting Rights Program, The Leadership
Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Nick Penniman, Founder and CEO, Issue One

Wendy Weiser, Vice President for Democracy, Brennan Center for Justice

Charles Stewart III, Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Political
Science at MIT, Co-Director of the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project

David Becker, Executive Director and Founder, Center for Election
Innovation & Research


Tuesday, Feb 2, 12 - 1:15 PM (PACIFIC): Voting Rights


H.R. 1 recommits to the protections of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act,
restores felony voting rights, creates safeguards against purges of voting
rolls, and requires voter-verified paper ballots.

Session Moderators:

Nate Persily, Co-Director of the Program on Democracy and Internet at
Stanford PACS and the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project

Didi Kuo, Associate Director for Research, Center on Democracy, Development
and Rule of Law at Stanford University

Session Speakers:

Dale Ho, Director, ACLU Voting Rights Project

Myrna Perez, Director, Brennan Center's Voting Rights and Elections Program

Janai Nelson, Associate Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF)

Guy-Uriel Charles, Edward and Ellen Schwarzman Professor of Law, Duke Law
School


Monday, Feb 8, 12 - 1:15 PM (PACIFIC): Gerrymandering


H.R. 1 bans partisan gerrymandering, establishes uniform rules for the
drawing of districts, and requires independent redistricting commissions
for congressional redistricting.

Session Moderators:

Nate Persily, Co-Director of the Program on Democracy and Internet at
Stanford PACS and the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project

Didi Kuo, Associate Director for Research, Center on Democracy, Development
and Rule of Law at Stanford University

Session Speakers:

Ben Ginsberg, Lecturer, Stanford Law School

Ruth Greenwood, Co-Director of Voting Rights and Redistricting, Campaign
Legal Center

Michael Li, Senior Counsel, Brennan Center’s Democracy Program
Nicholas Stephanopoulos, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

Tuesday, Feb 9, 12 - 1:15 PM (PACIFIC): Campaign Finance


H.R.1 includes several changes related to disclosure of certain campaign
finance activities, regulation of on-line campaigning, and enforcement
through the Federal Election Commission.

Session Moderators:

Nate Persily, Co-Director of the Program on Democracy and Internet at
Stanford PACS and the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project

Didi Kuo, Associate Director for Research, Center on Democracy, Development
and Rule of Law at Stanford University

Session Speakers:

Bradley Smith, Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault Professor of Law,
Capital University Law School

Richard Pildes, Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law, New York
University School of Law

Meredith McGehee, Executive Director, Issue One

Alex Kaplan, Vice President of Policy & Campaigns, RepresentUs

Adav Noti, Senior Director, Trial Litigation & Chief of Staff, Campaign
Legal Center





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Nate Persily

James B. McClatchy Professor of Law
Stanford Law School
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305-8610
(917) 570-3223
npersily at stanford.edu

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