Electoral Reform via Ballot Initiatives: Redistricting, Voter Registration, & Voter Rights
Channel: Ford School of Public Policy
Date: 2018-10-08

Nancy Wang (Voters Not Politicians -Board President) will discuss the ballot initiative on on redistricting reform; Sharon Dolente (Voting Rights Strategist, ACLU of Michigan) will discuss the ballot initiative on expanding voting and registration opportunities; Christopher Thomas (former Director of Elections for the State) will react to/comment on the two reform proposals; Richard McLellan (Election Law Attorney) will discuss why the VNP proposal would not be good policy for the State; John Chamberlin, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Public Policy - Moderator looks at two initiatives on the November 2018 ballot: the Voters Not Politicians initiative to reform redistricting (Proposal 2), and the Promote the Vote initiative to expand voting and registration opportunities (Proposal 3).