A Conversation about voting rights and redistricting. Hear from local speakers about why this issue matters now, and how it affects the vote you cast at the ballot box.
Moderator: Dr Kevin Deegan-Krause - Associate Professor of Political Science at Wayne State University, specializing in political parties and electoral systems and presenter on redistricting for Voters Not Politicians/Count MI Vote.
Panelists:
Mark Brewer - Election law and labor attorney. Presided over Michigan's first-ever state-wide General Election recount in December 2016. Former chair of the Michigan Democratic Party.
Jocelyn Benson - Former Dean of Wayne State University of Law School and author of State Secretaries of State: Guardians of the Democratic Process.
Erica Peresman - Lawyer and voting rights activist. Founder and director of the Michigan Voting Rights Project, which advocates for modernization of Michigan's election laws and improvement of local election administration.