Can American Democracy Survive the 2020 Elections?
February 28, 2020
8:15 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
UCI Division of Continuing Education, Yosemite Ballroom
This event is presented in conjunction with the UCI Jack W. Peltason Center for the Study of Democracy and with the generous support of the Democracy Fund, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the Mertz Gilmore Foundation.
Fair Elections During a Crisis: Urgent Recommendations in Law, Media, Politics, and Tech to Advance the Legitimacy of, and the Public’s Confidence in, the November 2020 U.S. Elections
A Report by the Ad Hoc Committee for 2020 Election Fairness and Legitimacy
Recognizing the need for multifaceted solutions to the issue of the legitimacy and acceptance of fair election results in the United States, Richard L. Hasen, Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science at UC Irvine, convened both a conference and an ad hoc committee made up of a diverse group of leading scholars and leaders to tackle this issue from an interdisciplinary perspective. After public meetings and further online deliberations, this Committee made fourteen recommendations for immediate change that should be implemented to increase voter confidence in the fairness and legitimacy of the 2020 elections.
Participants
Andrew Appel
Eugene Higgins Professor of Computer Science, Princeton UniversityJulia Azari
Associate Professor and Assistant Chair of Political Science, Marquette UniversityThe Hon. Jocelyn Benson
Secretary of State, MichiganBruce Cain
Professor of Political Science, Stanford UniversityJack Doppelt
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Professor of Journalism, Northwestern UniversityTiana Epps-Johnson
Founder & Executive Director, Center for Technology and Civic LifeNed Foley
Charles W. Ebersold and Florence Whitcomb Ebersold Chair in Constitutional Law; Director, Election Law @ Moritz, Ohio State UniversityJohn Fortier
Director of Governmental Studies, Bipartisan Policy CenterPatty Hansen
Coconino County, AZ RecorderRick Hasen
Chancellor's Professor of Law and Political Science, UCI LawLiz Howard
Counsel, Brennan Center's Democracy ProgramJessica Huseman
Voting Rights and Election Administration Reporter, ProPublicaDavid Kaye
Clinical Professor of Law, International Justice Clinic Director (UCI Law), and UN Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression