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Voting On Campus: A resource from the Brennan Center

hillarya — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 01:37:26 +0000

With more than 40 million Gen Zers eligible to vote this November, the Brennan Center created a resource on how campuses and election administrators can help students cast their ballots easily and have their votes counted. These recommendations were informed by conversations with elections officials who serve college communities and college students!

Virtual Event: The Experts’ Guide to Free and Fair Elections – Sep 19

hillarya — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:46:37 +0000

Election workers are unsung heroes, working behind the scenes to ensure that our elections run smoothly and securely. Yet many people don’t fully grasp what their job entails, leaving room for election deniers to spread misinformation. This lack of understanding has fueled a disturbing rise in threats, intimidation, and abuse of election officials since 2020. As we approach another critical election marked by rampant misinformation and attacks on democracy, it’s more important than ever to know the facts about election administration.

Join us for a live virtual event that will spotlight these essential but often overlooked professionals. The discussion will offer a unique opportunity to hear firsthand from the people who make our elections possible as they share their day-to-day challenges and the role that they play in protecting democracy.

Date and Time: Thursday, September 19, 2024, 3:00–4:00 PM

Learn more and register.

New Report: Voting on Campus: Student-Centered Solutions to Build Election Resiliency

hillarya — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 22:00:31 +0000

The Brennan Center for Justice has just released a new report, Voting on Campus: Student-Centered Solutions to Build Election Resiliency, that examines the unique obstacles that college students face when voting.

With many college students heading to the polls this fall, this resource offers recommendations for how election officials, working with college stakeholders, can prevent disruptions at campus voting locations and ensure students can cast their ballots and have their votes counted. These recommendations are informed by conversations with election officials who serve college communities across various states and input from college students themselves.

The new report discusses three essential aspects of election planning:

How election officials can collaborate with campus stakeholders to guarantee that students have the information they need to register and vote;
How election officials can select and prepare polling places to ensure campus communities have accessible and secure voting options; and
How election officials can manage polling places to avoid long lines.

The report builds on the ongoing work of the Brennan Center’s Elections & Government Program identifying best practices to help election officials respond to disruptions and ensure every voter can cast a ballot and have their vote counted. It aims to not only guide election officials in their planning but also help student communities better understand the important efforts involved in election administration.

Please feel free to pass this report along with any partners, colleagues, or others who might find it valuable. If you have any questions, comments, or would like to discuss the report further, please contact the report authors: Derek Tisler (tislerd@brennan.law.nyu.edu), Marina Pino (pinom@brennan.law.nyu.edu), and Jiyoon Park (parkji@brennan.law.nyu.edu).

New Report: Countering Election Misinformation

hillarya — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 18:05:05 +0000

False claims about the 2020 election have sparked a wave of restrictive voting legislation across the country, as well as confusion about proper election procedures. Misinformation has emerged to fill these gaps and erode public trust in elections. A new Brennan Center report details strategies that election officials, the media, civic groups, and individuals can use to stop the spread of misinformation and ensure voters have the knowledge they need to cast their ballots.

Download the report.

Online Event: Universal Voting – Apr 12

hillarya — Sat, 09 Apr 2022 17:11:08 +0000

U.S. voters turned out in record numbers in 2020, hitting a 13 percent jump from 2016. Even so, the country lags behind many other democracies – including Belgium, Sweden, Australia, Uruguay, and South Korea – when it comes to voting. How would our country be transformed if we did away with arguments over voting rights and instead committed to an election process where every citizen not only has the right to vote, but a requirement to do so?

Twenty-six countries require participation in their elections. In 100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting, co-authors E.J. Dionne and Miles Rapoport argue that the United States should follow in their footsteps. After all, Americans are required to pay taxes and serve on juries. Join us for a conversation with the authors and New York City Council Member Alexa Avilés about universal voting and how to implement it.

Date and Time: April 12, 2022, 6:00-7:00 PM

Learn more and register.

Virtual Event: Universal Voting – Apr 12

hillarya — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 19:29:36 +0000

Twenty-six countries require participation in their elections. In 100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting, co-authors E.J. Dionne and Miles Rapoport argue that the United States should follow in their footsteps. After all, Americans are required to pay taxes and serve on juries. Join us for a conversation with the authors and New York City Council member Alexa Avilés about universal voting and how to implement it.

Date and Time: April 12, 2022, 6:00-7:00 PM

Learn more and register.

Virtual Event: Uncounted: The Crisis of Voter Suppression in America – Mar 31

hillarya — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 19:24:22 +0000

The book Uncounted examines the phenomenon of disenfranchisement through the lens of history, race, law, and the democratic process. Author Gilda R. Daniels, who served as a deputy chief in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and has more than two decades of voting rights experience, argues that voter suppression works in cycles, constantly adapting and finding new ways to hinder access for an exponentially growing minority population. She warns that a premeditated strategy of restrictive laws and deceptive practices has taken root and is eroding the very basis of American democracy ― the right to vote.

Join Daniels and Wendy Weiser, vice president of the Brennan Center’s Democracy Program, to discuss the book and the voter suppression crisis.

Date and Time: March 31, 2022, 6:00-7:00 PM

New Report: Rethinking Youth Civic Engagement

hillarya — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 20:31:08 +0000

Young Americans are generally stereotyped as being uninterested in participating in civic life. A new Brennan Center report analyzes recent research on youth civic engagement, exploring the issues that inspire young people to get involved in their communities as well as the untraditional ways they do so.

The result is clear: young adults are participating in politics and their communities far more than they are being given credit for, but their hard work is too often going unrecognized.

Online Event: White Space, Black Hood: Segregation in the Age of Inequality – Oct 26

hillarya — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 19:36:21 +0000

Historical housing discrimination has created a modern-day caste system where neighborhood often determines opportunity. These discriminatory policies trap Black people in high-poverty neighborhoods and divert funding towards affluent, predominantly white areas. Does this mean social mobility is now only a myth?

Together, these discriminatory policies trap Black people in high-poverty neighborhoods and divert funding towards affluent, predominantly white areas. Does this mean social mobility is now only a myth?

Join the Brennan Center’s Theodore R. Johnson for a conversation with Sheryll Cashin, author of White Space, Black Hood: Opportunity Hoarding and Segregation in the Age of Inequality, on how we got here and what it will take to end this residential caste system.

Date and Time: Tuesday, October 26, 2021, 6:00-7:00 PM

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New American Dream: Town Halls on Disrupting Systemic Racism – Apr 28 – May 26

hillarya — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 18:46:27 +0000

New American Dream: Five Weeks of Virtual Town Halls On Disrupting Systemic Racism and Envisioning the Nation Beyond It

This series of virtual forums will gather thought leaders from across the country to discuss the impact of white supremacy and state-backed racism on America today. Examining systemic racism in relation to voting rights, artificial intelligence and genetic data, journalism, antiracism, and cultural narrative, the events will focus on strategies and solidarity, with an understanding of history and eyes toward the future.

Dates (all sessions 5:00-6:30 PM):

Week 1: April 28 – DEMOCRACY THAT DOESN’T FLINCH: Inside Campaigns to Build and Diversify Political Power
Week 2: May 5 – REVOLUTIONARY DESIGN: Conceiving a Future Forged With Antiracist Technology
Week 3: May 12 – NEWS THAT NEEDS TELLING: Journalism That Examines Injustice and Explores Black Power
Week 4; May 19 – TURNED AGAINST THE TIDE: Heeding the Call of White Antiracism
Week 5: May 26 – BRAVER THAN THE ONE BEFORE IT: In Search of the New American Dream

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Immigration Reform: Presidential Power and the Road Ahead – May 5

hillarya — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 18:32:57 +0000

The immigration policies of the last four years have elicited tremendous political controversy, and in their recent book, The President and Immigration Law, Professors Adam B. Cox of NYU School of Law and Cristina M. Rodríguez of Yale Law School show how we got here. Cox and Rodríguez will join Cecilia Muñoz, former director of the White House Domestic Policy Council under President Obama, for a conversation on the road ahead for immigration policy and reform.

Date and Time: Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 12:00–1:00 PM

RSVP.