Brennan Center for Justice

Presented by the NYU Journal of Legislation and Public Policy and the Brennan Center for Justice

"Helping America Vote: The Past, Present, and Future of Election Administration" 

April 1, 2010

9:00 a.m. - 5:15 p.m.
New York University School of Law
Vanderbilt Hall, Greenberg Lounge
40 Washington Square South
NYC

The 2008 election season brought an unprecedented level of attention to the system of election administration in this country. Fraudulent voter registration, registration list purges, provisional voting, ballot design issues, and oversight by partisan officials all became hotly debated topics. As we move into the 2010 election cycle, these issues will again be at the forefront of public debate. This symposium will focus on legislative reforms to improve the current system of election administration, including voter registration, voting technology, ballot design, voter ID laws, and the selection of election officials.

Format and Agenda

April 1

9:00 – 9:30    Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:30 – 9:45    Opening Remarks

                     Symposium Editor, JLPP

9:45 – 11:15   Panel One: Voter Registration Reform

Moderator:
Jonathan Nagler, Professor of Politics, NYU
Panelists:
Wendy Weiser, Deputy Director, Democracy Program Brennan Center For Justice at NYU School of Law
Michael Mcdonald, George Mason University, Department of Public and International Affairs
Trevor Potter, Attorney, Caplin & Drysdale Attorneys

11:15 – 12:00 Practitioner Roundtable: Election Day Litigation Experiences

Moderator:
Jerry Goldfeder, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Panelists:
Kristen Clarke, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Marc Elias, Perkins Coie, LLP
Justin Levitt, Brennan Center for Justice

12:00 – 1:15   Lunch Break

1:15 – 3:00     Panel Two: Reform of the Election Administration System

Moderator:
Tanya Clay House, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
Panelists:
Edward Foley, Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University
Steven Huefner, Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University
Christopher Elmendorf, Professor of Law, University of California Davis School of Law

3:00 – 3:15     Coffee Break

3:15 – 5:00     Panel Three: Election Mechanics and Voting Technology

Moderator:
John Ferejohn, NYU School of Law

Panelists:
Lawrence Norden, Brennan Center for Justice
Michael Pitts, Indiana University School of Law
Charles Stewart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

5:00 – 5:15     Closing Remarks

                      Editor-in-Chief, JLPP

For more information, and to RSVP, please visit us at: http://www.law.nyu.edu/journals/legislation/symposia/spring2010/index.htm.