Thanks to Richard Winger of Ballot Access News for this post.

Supporters of the National Popular Vote Plan, and others who are also dissatisfied with current Presidential Election procedures, will hold a forum at Stanford University.



The Forum Theme: Improving American Democracy

When: Saturday, October 7th, 2017 (9:00 AM - 4:00 PM)

Where: Stanford Law School, 559 Nathan Abbot Way Stanford, CA 94305

Presented by Making Every Vote Count and the Stanford Law School Student Chapter of the American Constitution Society.

Schedule

Welcome & Introduction
ACS Presidents, Maggie Brennan
The Problem with the Presidential Selection Process (9:30-10:30)
Reed Hundt, Sam Wang, Vinod Bakthavachalam, John Koza
How the Presidential selection process is failing American democracy and current efforts to fix the system.

Keynote (10:30-11:00)
The Honorable Jamie Raskin (Member of the House of Representatives from Maryland), introduced by Jake Fuentes
How and why I passed the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact in Maryland and how other States can pass the Compact.

Break (11:00-11:10)

Structural Barriers to Majority Rule and Representative Democracy (11:10-12:25)
Jon Blake, Andy Hall, Tom Mann, Larry Irving
How the Presidential selection process leads to negative campaigning and bad policy outcomes.

Lunchtime Keynote (12:35-1:35)
Conversation with The Honorable Anna Eshoo (Member of the House of Representatives from California) and Reed Hundt
The Genius of the Constitution: How America has moved toward Democracy Since 1787 (1:40-2:55)
Matthew Shapanka, Richard Tedlow, Bruce Cain, Larry Kramer
Why the Presidential selection process is no longer consistent with American democratic principles.

What Can be done (3:05-3:35)
Jake Fuentes, Lisa Foster, Matthew Shapanka, Maggie Brennan, Benjamin Haas
Making Every Vote Count's Plan to Improve our Presidential Selection Process.

CLICK HERE for more information and to Register.









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