Events
Want to find a time to connect with peers in your jurisdiction, your state, or across the country? Check out these events to find one right for you. Not all events listed are open to the public, some events are included to provide notice to potential speakers or those who want to connect with organizers.
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Election Official Media Training 101Date: June 13, 2024Location: OnlineCategory: Online training
Election officials throughout the country have been required to publicly communicate more and more, frequently via the media. How can election officials best seize these opportunities to counter misinformation, proactively inform the public, and build trust with voters?
Join the Election Official Legal Defense Network and the communications specialists at CGCN to learn how to handle and maximize media opportunities.
CGCN has played a role in many EOLDN success stories, helping election offices across the country build up their resources for the coming year. EOLDN is delighted to partner with CGCN to not only share knowledge but also to provide free communications assistance tailored to an office’s needs and goals.
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A Promise Unfulfilled: The Future of the Right to VoteDate: May 18, 2024Location: Online, CACategory: Panel Discussion
USC Gould School of Law Dean and ACS Board of Directors Member Franita Tolson will be the featured speaker at the Kiplinger Lecture on Saturday, May 18, 3:30-4:30 p.m. ET at the Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Bethesda, Maryland.
Tolson will deliver the lecture “A Promise Unfulfilled: The Future of the Right to Vote,” followed by a moderated discussion with ACS President Russ Feingold. Tolson will explore protections in the Voting Rights Acts of 1965 and the 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution. She will also comment on recent federal and state laws and judicial decisions that affect voting rights.
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Focus on the VotersDate: May 10, 2024Location: OnlineCategory: Webinar
It’s full steam ahead to 2024’s general election. What are lawmakers and election administrators thinking about now to prepare? Find out in this four-part series, hosted by the National Conference of State Legislatures in partnership with the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. We’ll focus on the elections workforce; counting and recounts and more post-voting work; the voters’ perspectives and voter confidence. Who are the most important people in an election? The voters. In the third installment of NCSL’s four-part webinar series on election administration, U.S. Election Assistance Commissioner Tom Hicks will address questions voters often ask and how states “get out the information” to voters. He’ll cover how states ensure the right to vote for people with disabilities and citizens living abroad (military and otherwise).
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