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From Women's Suffrage through the
Civil Rights era to the modern day, the history of voting rights in
the United States is intertwined with litigation, which (whether
successful, unsuccessful or even pursued short of a final verdict) has
served as a crucial catalyst in the evolution of our
democracy.
Attorneys in multiple states are
challenging closed primaries and the disenfranchisement of independent
voters including a pending federal case before the US Supreme Court
and state constitutional challenges in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Oregon
and Wyoming.
On Friday October
17th at 2:30pm ET, Open
Primaries President John Opdycke will bring together some of the
attorneys leading the charge and building a litigation platform and
strategy for the reform movement. They’ll discuss the role of
litigation can play in advancing open primaries and full voting rights
for independents.
Featuring: Boyd
Rutherford, Former Maryland
Lt Governor and partner at Davis, Agnor, Rapaport, & Skalny,
Chad Peace, Legal Advisor the Independent Voter Project,
Matt Fontana,
Partner at Faegre Drinker
Biddle & Reath in
Pennsylvania, Jeremy Gruber, SVP at Open Primaries and special
guest, Professor Michael Polelle--plaintiff and
counsel in Polelle v. Florida Secretary of State.
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