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DESCRIPTION:Join The New Republic for a livestream of TNR Live: Can We Protect the 
 Ballot? A look at where we are on voting rights and where we need to go to 
 save our democracy. \n\nDate and time: Wed, May 25, 2022 @ 4:00 PM – 5:00 
 PM PDT\n\nRSVP: 
 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tnr-live-can-we-protect-the-ballot-tickets-332126849347\n\nPANEL:\n--Tiffany 
 Muller, President, End Citizens United\n--Allison Riggs, Co-Executive 
 Director, Southern Coalition for Social Justice\n--Nsé Ufot, CEO, the New 
 Georgia Project\n--Michael Waldman, President, Brennan Center for 
 Justice\n--Moderated by TNR staff writer, Matt Ford\n\n\nSPEAKER BIOS: 
 \n\nTIFFANY MULLER\nTiffany Muller is the President of End Citizens United 
 (ECU) and Let America Vote (LAV). Tiffany has helped grow the group from a 
 start-up into a nationwide organization with more than 4 million members 
 and 900,000 grassroots donors. Under her leadership, the group has made 
 protecting the voice and vote of every American a national priority, which 
 led to the introduction of the Freedom to Vote Act — the most significant 
 voting rights and anti-corruption legislation in generations.\n\nPrior to 
 joining End Citizens United, Tiffany was Deputy Political Director at the 
 Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee where she worked with the top-tier 
 Senate races across the country. She also served as a chief of staff to two 
 Members of Congress.\n\nTiffany began her career in government and politics 
 when she became the first openly gay public official in Kansas in 2004 as a 
 member of the Topeka City Council, where she led successful efforts to 
 expand anti-discrimination protections. In 2012, she was the Vice-President 
 of Political Operations at Victory Fund in a record breaking year for LGBT 
 candidates that included electing the first openly LGBT US Senator and 
 doubling representation in Congress.\n\n\nALLISON RIGGS\nAllison Riggs 
 leads the voting rights program at the Southern Coalition for Social 
 Justice, an organization she joined in 2009. In March of 2020, she also 
 took over as Interim Executive Director of the organization, and in March 
 of 2021, became the permanent co-Executive Director.\n\nHer voting rights 
 work over the last decade at SCSJ has been focused on fighting for fair 
 redistricting plans, fighting against voter suppression, and advocating for 
 electoral reforms that would expand access to voting.\n\nShe has litigated 
 redistricting cases on behalf of State NAACP Conferences in Texas, Florida, 
 Virginia and North Carolina. In 2018, she argued the Texas redistricting 
 case in the United States Supreme Court, and in 2019, she argued the North 
 Carolina partisan gerrymandering case in the Supreme Court. Allison works 
 closely with grassroots organizations and communities of color as they seek 
 to advance their political and civil rights. She received her 
 undergraduate, Master’s Degree and J.D. from the University of 
 Florida.\n\n\nNSE UFOT\nNsé Ufot is the Chief Executive Officer of the New 
 Georgia Project (NGP) and its affiliate, New Georgia Project Action Fund 
 (NGP AF). Nse leads both organizations with a data-informed approach and a 
 commitment to developing tools that leverage technology to make it easier 
 for every voter to engage in every election. Nse and her team are also 
 developing Georgia’s home-grown talent by training and organizing local 
 activists across the state. She has dedicated her life and career to 
 working on civil, human and workers’ rights issues and leads two 
 organizations whose complementary aim is to strengthen Georgia’s 
 democracy. Under Nse’s leadership, NGP has registered nearly 600K 
 Georgians to vote.\n\n\nMICHAEL WALDMAN\nMichael Waldman is president of 
 the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. A nonpartisan law and 
 policy institute that focuses on improving systems of democracy and 
 justice, the Brennan Center is a leading national voice on voting rights, 
 money in politics, criminal justice reform, and constitutional law. 
 Waldman, a constitutional lawyer and writer who is an expert on the 
 presidency and American democracy, has led the Center since 
 2005.\n\nWaldman was director of speechwriting for President Bill Clinton 
 from 1995 to 1999, serving as assistant to the president. He was 
 responsible for writing or editing nearly two thousand speeches, including 
 four State of the Union and two inaugural addresses. He was special 
 assistant to the president for policy coordination from 1993 to 1995.\n\nHe 
 is the author of The Fight to Vote (Simon & Schuster, 2016), a history of 
 the struggle to win voting rights for all citizens. The Washington Post 
 wrote, “Waldman’s important and engaging account demonstrates that over 
 the long term, the power of the democratic ideal prevails — as long as 
 the people so demand.” The Wall Street Journal called it “an engaging, 
 concise history of American voting practices,” and the Miami Herald 
 described it as “an important history in an election year.” The Fight 
 to Vote was a Washington Post notable nonfiction book for 2016 and a 
 History Book Club main selection.\n\nWaldman is also the author of The 
 Second Amendment: A Biography (Simon & Schuster, 2014). Publishers Weekly 
 called it “the best narrative of its subject.” In the New York Times, 
 Joe Nocera called it “rigorous, scholarly, but accessible.” The Los 
 Angeles Times wrote, “[Waldman’s] calm tone and habit of taking the 
 long view offers a refreshing tonic in this most loaded of debates.” In a 
 Cardozo Law Review symposium devoted to the book, a historian wrote, “The 
 Second Amendment is, without doubt, among the best efforts at melding 
 constitutional history and constitutional law on any topic — at least 
 since the modern revival of originalism two generations ago.”\n\nHis 
 previous books are My Fellow Americans: The Most Important Speeches of 
 America’s Presidents from George Washington to Barack Obama (2003, 2010), 
 A Return to Common Sense (2007), POTUS Speaks (2000), and Who Robbed 
 America? A Citizen’s Guide to the S&L Scandal (1990).\n\nHis frequent 
 appearances on television and radio to discuss policy, the presidency, and 
 the law include Good Morning America, the Colbert Report, Morning Joe, PBS 
 NewsHour, CBS Evening News, Meet the Press Daily, All In with Chris Hayes, 
 the O’Reilly Factor, Nightline, 60 Minutes, Tavis Smiley, Hardball with 
 Chris Matthews, and the Rachel Maddow Show, as well as NPR’s Morning 
 Edition, All Things Considered, and Fresh Air. He writes for the New York 
 Times, Politico, the Washington Post, the Daily Beast, Slate, Democracy, 
 Reuters, Bloomberg, and other national publications.\n\nHe is a graduate of 
 Columbia College and NYU School of Law.\n\nMATT FORD\nMatt Ford is a staff 
 writer at The New Republic. His work focuses on law, the courts, and 
 democracy. Originally from Nevada, Matt previously wrote for The 
 Atlantic.\n\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2022/05/14/18849665.php
SUMMARY:Can We Protect the Ballot? Saving Voting Rights and Democracy in America
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