Capitol Hill Conference On Voting Reform, Turnout, and Fraud

You are cordially invited to attend the conference:

Expanding the Franchise or Threatening Democracy

The Impact of Voting Reforms in the 2012 Elections

Sponsored by the Center for American Politics and Citizenship at the University of Maryland

Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 12:30 pm – 5:30 pm

National Association of Realtors Headquarters,

500 New Jersey Ave., NW,

Washington, DC, 12^th Floor

Conference Topics:

• The effect of online absentee ballot delivery systems, early voting, and mail voting on turnout
• Adaptations by campaigns to recent voting reforms
• The impact of voter ID requirements and list maintenance on voter fraud and vote suppression
• How election reform creates winners and losers among voters, candidates, and parties

Speakers include:

• The Honorable Pete Sessions, Chair, National Republican Congressional Committee
• The Honorable David Price, U.S. House of Representatives
• Robert Bauer,  General Counsel to the Democratic National Committee
• Bob Casey, former Director of the Federal Voting Assistance Program

·         David Mason, Senior Vice President, Aristotle Industries

·         Marty Stone, Partner, Stone’s Phones