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Voting Rights Symposium - Defending Voting Rights through State Constitutions

On March 19, 2015 ACS hosted the Symposium on Voting Rights in the States. Experts discussed the new state of voting rights in a day long symposium in Atlanta, Georgia. The first panel of the day considered how litigators and voting rights advocates could use state constitutions to protect the right to vote. 

The panel featured: 

  • Ari Berman, Contributing Writer, The Nation
  • Joshua Douglas, Robert G. Lawson & William H. Fortune Associate Professor of Law, University of Kentucky College of Law
  • Anita Earls, Executive Director, Southern Coalition for Social Justice
  • Dale Ho, Director, ACLU Voting Rights Project
  • Franita Tolson, Betty T. Ferguson Professor of Voting Rights, Florida State University College of Law

Voting Rights Symposium - Defending Voting Rights through State Legislative and Administrative Advocacy

On March 19, 2015 ACS hosted the Symposium on Voting Rights in the States. Experts discussed the new state of voting rights in a day long symposium in Atlanta, Georgia. The second panel of the day considered how voting rights advocates could use legislative and administrative advocacy to protect voting rights. 
 
The panel featured: 
 
Eileen O'Connor, Senior Counsel, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Kathay Feng, Executive Director, California Common Cause; National Redistricting Director, Common Cause
Bret Healy, Consultant, National Congress of American Indians
Marissa Liebling, Legislative Counsel, Just Vote Illinois
Tram Nguyen, Co-Executive Director, Virginia New Majority