Citizen Engagement Forums

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Our Citizen Engagement Forums are an opportunity to grow our understanding in a range of election reform and bridge-building areas. Forums are held virtually so they are accessible across the country, and feature guest speakers and expert panelists along with the chance to discuss the issues with other participants. These events are open to anyone interested in participating, and past events are archived here for all to enjoy and learn from.

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Citizen Engagement Forum Archive

  • Election Observing

    As part of our Citizen Engagement Forum series on elections going into November, we partnered with Scrutineers to walk through their non-partisan election observing training and have a chance for some Q&A.

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  • Youth Vote

    Special guest speakers Yael Bromberg, Chief Counsel & Strategic Advisor with The Andrew Goodman Foundation, and Professor Jennifer Frost, author of "Let Us Vote!", discuss the history and current challenges facing youth voters.

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  • Civil Elections

    Panel discussion with the leaders of Team Democracy and Peace at the Polls - two efforts to bring Americans together to rally around the important cause of ensuring civil elections.

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  • Voting in America

    A distinguished panel discusses the history of voting rights in America, highlighting the challenges some disenfranchised communities have faced to have their voices heard.

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  • Ranked Choice Voting

    Cara McCormick (co-founder of The Committee for Ranked Choice Voting), Harriet Wasserstrum (Ranked Choice Voting for Texas), Steve Barratt (Coalition for Citizen Initiative NJ) , and other expert panelists discuss Ranked Choice Voting.

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  • Redistricting Reform

    Katie Fahey in an interview moderated by The People volunteers Elaina Goldstein and Karen Lowart on the topic of redistricting reform and her experience in Michigan passing the Constitutional Amendment to end gerrymandering.

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  • Is Good Governing No Longer Good Politics?

    Policy expert Mike Murphy talks about how it got this way, and how we can break the cycle of legislative gridlock.

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