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Defending Democracy Speaker Series | Ranked Choice Voting
Rob Richie
President + CEO, FairVote
Feb. 10th @ 4pm PST
Ranked Choice Voting:
"It's time to level the playing field so all voters have a voice in American democracy." - FairVote
Rob Richie, president and CEO of FairVote will speak on Ranked Choice Voting and other election reforms. It’s easy to see that something is broken in American politics. It’s harder to figure out why – or how – to move forward. Join us to learn more about solutions that give voters more voice and greater choice in their elections.
When: Thursday, February 10th at 4pm PST (5pm MT | 6pm CT | 7pm ET)
Where: Online via Zoom. Register for free to receive an email with the Zoom link.
This program will be recorded. You can watch it live or at a later date on our YouTube channel. The second half of the program will be a moderated Q&A session with questions from Zoom participants and YouTube livestream viewers. You will not see the event posted ahead of time on YouTube. It will appear once the program starts at 4pm Pacific Time on February 10th.
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NOTE: If you are a League member, but 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.
More about our speaker:
Rob Richie has been the leader of FairVote since co-founding the
organization in 1992. He has been involved in helping to develop, win,
and implement ranked choice voting in states and more than 20 cities,
fair representation voting systems in numerous Voting Rights Act cases,
the National Popular Vote plan in 16 states, and voter access proposals
like voter preregistration and automatic voter registration.
Richie is a frequent media source and has been a guest on CNBC,
CNN, C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, NPR’s All Things Considered, NBC, On
the Media, and Freakonomics.
His writings have appeared in every major national publication,
including the opinion pages of The New York Times and The Washington
Post as well as in 11 books, including as co-author of Every Vote Equal, which is about Electoral College reform, and Whose Votes Count, which is about fair representation voting. He is a graduate of Haverford College, where he serves on its Corporation.
This series is developed by the League of Women Voters of Piedmont, California and cosponsored by the following Leagues.
Registration is required
Registration cancellations will be accepted