Defending Democracy Speaker Series

Defending Democracy Speaker Series

Defending Democracy Speaker Series

Location

View on Zoom or Youtube. (See below for details.)
US
Thursday, February 10, 2022 - 4:00pm to Monday, April 4, 2022 - 4:00pm
2022 DEFENDING DEMOCRACY SPEAKER SERIES
 
Join the League of Women Voters of Piedmont for a virtual speaker series covering a range of topics related to elections, voters, and the health of our democracy. This series is developed by the League of Women Voters of Piedmont, California, and co-sponsored by the following Leagues: LWV Collier County, LWV Gunnison Valley, LWV Oakland, LWV Pikes Peak Region, LWV Portland, LWV Pueblo, LWV Santa Barbara and LWV Solano County.
 
Register at https://lwvpiedmont.org/democracy for the Zoom link to the live event. (If you are not a member of LWV of Piedmont, you do not need to log in to register. Simply enter your name and email address at the bottom of the registration page.)
OR

Watch the events live or at a later date on the LWV Piedmont YouTube channel. The events will appear once the program starts at 4pm PST on the scheduled date.

Topics, Dates & Speakers:
 
Voting Rights
Tuesday, January 11, 4 pm
Carol Moon Goldberg
President LWV California
 
Ranked Choice Voting
Thursday, February 10, 4 pm
Rob Richie
President, CEO, FairVote 

Election Law & SCOTUS
Tuesday, March 1, 4 pm
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean, Berkeley Law

Perspective on US Democracy
Wednesday, March 30, 4 pm
Dr. Fiona Hill
Brookings Institution
 
Election Subversion & Disinformation
Tuesday, April 4, 4 pm
Rick Hasen
Co-Director, UC Irvine School of Law Fair Elections & Free Speech Center
 
The second half of each program will be a moderated Q&A session with questions from Zoom participants and YouTube livestream viewers.