ONLINE: How Can We Ensure a Safe, Fair, and Accessible November Election?

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media release: On Tuesday, September 22, 2020, in honor of National Voter Registration Day, the League of Women Voters of Dane County presents its third 2020-21 Making Democracy Work Virtual Forum, How Can We Ensure a Safe, Fair, and Accessible November Election? Barry Burden, Director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Eileen Newcomer, Voter Education Manager for the League of Women Voters of Wisconsin (LWVWI) will join Joy Cardin, retired Wisconsin Public Radio talk show host and LWVWI board member, to discuss election and voting issues.

In addition, representatives from community groups working on Get Out the Vote (GOTV) efforts will also take part: Earnestine Moss, Dane County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Siti Hydara, Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group (WISPIRG) Students New Voters Project and Bianca Tomasini, Madison Chapter of Voces de la Frontera. These special invited community guests represent voters of color and student voters. Each will address unique concerns specific to their representative communities.  

How to Ensure a Safe, Fair, and Accessible November Election is designed to provide up-to-date voting and election information for League members and the general public and to encourage people to vote. The Program begins at 7:00 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Click this Registration Link to receive Zoom login for the event. Supplemental resources can be found at https://www.lwvdanecounty.org/forums . 

"The rapid shift toward absentee voting,” explains Burden, “is proving to be another challenge to an election system that was already having to control disinformation, security concerns, and public distrust"

"This event,” according to Hydara, “is important to voters, especially those ages 18-29. A study by the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at Tufts University (CIRCLE) found that Wisconsin youth voters have the highest potential to influence the presidential election.”

The League of Women Voters is a non-profit, non-partisan, national organization whose purpose is to promote informed and active participation in government at all levels. Like government, the League functions on several levels—local, state, regional and national. LWV of Dane County is an affiliate of the state and national Leagues.