April 19, 2017
Harrisburg, PA
Election Policy Summit Agenda and Presentations
Welcome and Introductions
Keynote: National Best Practices in Election
Reform
·Hon.
Denise Merrill, CT Secretary of State and President, National Association of
Secretaries of State
Current State of Elections in Pennsylvania
·Marian
K. Schneider, Deputy Secretary for Elections and Administration, PA Department
of State
Data Driven Election Reforms
·Charles
Stewart III, Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Political Science,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
·Wendy
Underhill, Program Director – Elections and Redistricting, National Conference
of State Legislatures
·Moderator:Ryan Unger, President and CEO, Team
Pennsylvania
Voter Registration
·Hon. Denise Merrill, CT Secretary of State and President, National Association of Secretaries of State
·Tova
Wang, Director of Research and Policy for the Center for Secure and Modern
Elections and Senior Democracy Fellow at Demos
·Moderator:Ted Martin, Executive Director, Equality
Pennsylvania
Voting Systems Technology
·Ron
Bandes, Network Security Analyst, SEI/ CERT at Carnegie Mellon University
·Ryan
Macias, Certification Program Specialist, U.S. Election Assistance Commission
·Lawrence
Norden, Deputy Director Democracy Program, Brennan Center for Justice
·Moderator:Bob Brooks, Mayor of Murrysville,
Pennsylvania
Redistricting Reform
·Susan
Carty, President, League of Women Voters Pennsylvania
·Jennifer Clarke, Executive Director, Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia
·Moderator:Barry Kauffman, Former Executive Director, Common
Cause Pennsylvania
Early Voting/No Excuse Absentee Voting
·Marcia
Johnson-Blanco, Co-Director, Voting Rights Project, Lawyers Committee for Civil
Rights Under the Law
·Paul
Gronke, Director, Early Voting Information Center, Reed College
·Moderator:Doris Carson Williams, President and CEO,
African American Chamber of Commerce of Western Pennsylvania
Polling Place Resources
·Michelle
Bishop, Disability Specialist for Voting Rights, National Disability Rights
Network
·Charles
Stewart III, Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Political Science,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology