Dear friends,I would like to remind you that "Modernizing the Voter Registration System: A Proposal" is taking place next Tuesday, December 15th, in the New York office of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. Please join me and my colleagues from the Brennan Center for Justice along with Bob Atkins, of Paul Weiss, as we discuss what could be the most significant voting measure since the Voting Rights Act.
Lunch will be provided, but space is limited. Please RSVP to charles.ombwa@nyu.edu or 212-992-8647 if you have not done so already.
Sincerely,
Michael Waldman
The Brennan Center Legal Series and its NY Steering Committee Members
Michael Waldman (Brennan Center for Justice), Jim Johnson (Brennan Center board chair, Debevoise & Plimpton)
Michele Balfour, Jeremy Creelan (Jenner & Block), Beth Golden, Professor Helen Hershkoff (NYU School of Law), Daniel Kolb (Davis Polk & Wardwell), Edward Labaton (Labaton Sucharow), Lawrence Pedowitz (Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz), Roy Reardon (Simpson Thacher & Bartlett), Lee Richards (Richards Kibbe & Orbe), Professor Cristina Rodriguez (NYU School of Law), Charles Stillman (Stillman, Friedman & Shechtman), and Sung-Hee Suh (Schulte Roth & Zabel)
Invite You to a Conversation on:
Modernizing the Voter Registration System: A Proposal
with:
Robert Atkins - Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Michael Waldman - Executive Director, Brennan Center for Justice
Wendy Weiser - Voting Rights Project Director, Brennan Center for Justice
Myrna Perez - Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice
Bringing the U.S. voter registration system into the 21st century would result in an expansion of the franchise to up to 65 million eligible Americans. A proposal drafted by the Brennan Center to make voter registration automatic and permanent for all citizens is pending on Capitol Hill. The proposal would also increase government efficiency, improve list accuracy, and reduce costs by eliminating the burdens of our old-fashioned, paper-based voter registration system on election officials.
"Democrats believe it is too hard for people to register and vote; Republicans believe it is too easy to register and vote fraudulently. There may be a way to solve both problems simultaneously through new technology and forge a better bipartisan solution."
-Senator Charles Schumer ( National Journal , 04/13/2009)
Please join us for a lively discussion!
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
12:30 - 1:30 pm
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY
Lunch is provided, kindly RSVP by December 11
by calling 212-992-8647 or emailing charles.ombwa@nyu.edu