Equitable Voter Access: The Long Road to Access – Are We There Yet?

Equitable Voter Access: The Long Road to Access – Are We There Yet?

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Monday, September 21, 2020 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm

This is the second in a 2-part series examining Ohio’s election system and its impact on voter access – what are the access points, where are the barriers, and how do Ohioans ensure their vote is counted.

Hosted by League of Women Voters of Ohio, in partnership with Ohio Voter Rights Coalition, Common Cause, All Voting Is Local, A. Philip Randolph Institute, OhioVotes, and Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio.

Real Talk Leagues: LWV Hudson, LWV Greater Cleveland, LWV Akron Area, LWV Kent, LWV Canton Area, LWV Oberlin Area

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Equitable Voter Access: The Long Road to Access – Are We There Yet?

Monday, Sept 21, 2020, 7:00-8:30pm

OPENING SPEAKER: Dr. Elizabeth Smith-Pryor, Professor of History, Kent State University

MODERATED BY: Jocelyn L. Travis, Voter Services Chair, LWV Ohio; Organizing Mgr, Sierra Club

PANEL:

Lilly Cavanaugh, Executive Director, Latino Affairs Commission
Rev. Raymond Greene, Executive Director, The Freedom Bloc
Kevin Truitt, Legal Advocacy Director, Disability Rights Ohio
Kevin Walter, Advocacy & Community Outreach, International Institute of Akron
Maria Bruno, Civic Engagement Coord & Policy Analyst, Coalition on Homelessness and Housing in Ohio

Equitable Voter Access: The Long Road to Access – Are We There Yet? explores the long hard road for voter access within traditionally marginalized communities. What unique pathways have been cleared… what specific barriers remain… and how do we use the hard won victories of the past to propel us forward.

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The League of Women Voters was born from such a struggle. The 19th Amendment was finally included in the US Constitution on August 26, 1920

On February 14,1920, the League was formed on the premise that a nonpartisan civic organization could provide the education and experience the public needed to assure the success of democracy. Founder Carrie Chapman Catt exclaimed that the League was formed to “finish the fight” to win national woman suffrage. Yet within the struggle for the right to vote, we left some of our sisters behind when the 75-year fight for votes for women didn’t include securing these rights for women of color. And that struggle continued for decades until the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

And now today, across the states, barriers to voting are being erected to disenfranchise communities of color, people of low-income, students, and people with disabilities. All eligible voters should be able to cast a ballot confidently, proudly, and without additional requirements that prevent them from voting. It is clear that the “fight” remains unfinished. From this vantage point, looking back while planning ahead, we’re committed to remembering and commemorating the accomplishments of all those who fought for our right to vote while advocating for voting reforms and defending democracy. And that the work of the League is needed as much now as it was at its founding.