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SUMMARY:Challenges to Democracy for November 2024 and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:What we need to know and discuss to assure fair voting and “We the People” has meaning. Prof. Alex Keyssar will cover ongoing methods of voter suppression\, the counting and certification of votes\, and the hazards of the Electoral College for 2024 and beyond. \n\nTo RSVP for the Zoom Webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VkATSqeWST-6Cb400-0OdQ \nTo watch the event on Facebook Live: https://www.facebook.com/NFRPP/live_videos/ \nThis event is from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm EST on Wednesday\, September 25\, 2024 \n\nSpeakers: \nAlexander Keyssar is the Matthew W. Stirling Jr. Professor of History and Social Policy. A historian by training\, he has specialized in the exploration of historical problems that have contemporary policy implications. His book\, The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States (2000)\, was named the best book in U.S. history by both the American Historical Association and the Historical Society; it was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. A significantly revised and updated edition of The Right to Vote was published in 2009. His 1986 book\, Out of Work: The First Century of Unemployment in Massachusetts\, was awarded three scholarly prizes. Keyssar is coauthor of The Way of the Ship: America’s Maritime History Reenvisioned\, 1600-2000 (2008)\, and of Inventing America\, a text integrating the history of technology and science into the mainstream of American history. In addition\, he has co-edited a book series on Comparative and International Working-Class History. In 2004/5\, Keyssar chaired the Social Science Research Council’s National Research Commission on Voting and Elections\, and he writes frequently for the popular press about American politics and history. Keyssar’s latest book\, entitled Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College? (2020)\, is published by Harvard University Press. \n  \n\nEvent Co-sponsors: \n \n  \n 
URL:https://www.nfrpp.org/event/challenges-to-democracy-for-november-2024-and-beyond/
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