AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project:
The 2006 Elections-Are We Ready?
September 22, 2006
On Friday, September 22, the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project will host a conference entitled "The 2006 Elections--Are We Ready?" The event will take place at the American Enterprise Institute, 1150 Seventeenth St. NW, Washington, DC from 8 AM to 12:30 PM.
After a keynote address by Congressman Rush Holt (D-N.J.), panelists will discuss the progress that has been made since the election debacle of 2000 and the hurdles that remain. The
first panel will discuss the progress of technological reforms and electronic voting, and the second panel will look at the implementation successes and failures of the 2002 Help America Vote Act (HAVA).
Agenda:
8:15 a.m. Registration & Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Keynote Address: Congressman Rush Holt (D-N.J.)
9:00 a.m. Panel I: Progress and Pitfalls in Voting Technology
Panelists: Steven Hertzberg, Election Science Institute
Michael I. Shamos, Carnegie Mellon University
Charles Stewart III, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Moderator: Norman J. Ornstein, AEI
11:00 a.m. Panel II: HAVA—What Has Been Done? What Remains to Do?
Panelists:Deborah Markowitz, Vermont Secretary of State
Donetta L. Davidson, Election Assistance Commission
Edward B. Foley, Ohio State University
R. Doug Lewis, The Election Center
Moderator: Thomas E. Mann, Brookings Institution
12:30 p.m. Adjournment
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