Gerrymandering, Voter Suppression, and Voting Machines
Channel: Electronic Frontiers Georgia
Date: 2017-08-31

Democracy is at risk when free and fair elections cannot be guaranteed. Our panel discusses both the policy and technology-based challenges to gerrymandering, voter suppression, and questions raised by Georgia's aging voting machines, and what the possible solutions could be.

Speakers:
Georgia State Senator Elena Parent, Senate District 42
Georgia State Representative Pat Gardner, House District 57
Kathleen Allen, candidate for Georgia's U.S. House District 7

Disclaimer: It is not the policy of Electronic Frontiers Georgia to be overtly partisan. That being said, all speakers for this talk are Democrats. Please be assured that both parties are affected by redistricting issues, and redistricting has been used tactically against the Republican party more recently in Colorado, for example. Our hope is that both parties will see the risks associated with gerrymandering and voter suppression and a consensus will develop for corrective policies. (Sometimes in politics you "get on the train that's moving".)