Progress of Election Reform

Oct 9, 2008

American University | Center for Democracy and Election Management

Jack Nelson moderated a panel discussion on the state of election reform. Topics included an update on the work of individual states to prepare for the upcoming election, the lack of a constitutional right to vote, reforming the electoral college, and requiring paper trails for all ballots and routine audits for a percentage of vote tallies. .. Read More
Jack Nelson moderated a panel discussion on the state of election reform. Topics included an update on the work of individual states to prepare for the upcoming election, the lack of a constitutional right to vote, reforming the electoral college, and requiring paper trails for all ballots and routine audits for a percentage of vote tallies. Following their presentations, panel members responded to questions from the audience. "Problems that Remain: Election Reform Delayed" was the first panel of a forum on the status of implementation of the September 19, 2005, recommendations by the Carter-Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform. THIS SEGMENT IS INCLUDED IN PROGRAM 281689-1

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:18 Unidentified Speaker THREE WEEKS TILL ELECTION DAY AND THE DISCUSSION ON CHANGES IN THE ELECTION PROCEDURE FROM THE AMERICAN...
00:00:46 Unidentified Speaker WELL, WE ARE -- WE HAVE A SUPERB PANEL THIS SESSION, AS WE HAVE THE LAST ONE. ONLY NOW WE WILL BE...
00:04:24 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BUT FOR THE KIND INTRODUCTION AND FOR THE INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE TODAY. MEMBERS...
00:19:34 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LESLIE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS OUR OWN VERY SPECIAL PROFESSOR OF CONSTITUTIONAL...
00:21:50 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BOB. I AM ALWAYS DELIGHTED TO WORK WITH YOU AND CONSIDER YOUR WORK IN THE...
00:24:57 Unidentified Speaker MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE CONVICTED OF FELONIES AND WHO WENT TO PRISON AND DID THEIR TIME AND GOT...
00:25:14 Unidentified Speaker YOU GET ALL YOUR OTHER RIGHTS BACK, AND WE WANT TO REINTEGRATE YOU INTO THE COMMUNITY, BUT IN SEVERAL...
00:39:08 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JAMIE. THE ONLY THING THAT YOU SAID THAT WAS NOT CREDIBLE WAS YOUR LAST COMMENT...
00:40:44 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. HOLT VERY MUCH APPRECIATES HIS OFFICE BEING INCLUDED IN THIS PANEL DISCUSSION...
00:51:01 Unidentified Speaker YOU'RE DOING OKAY.
00:51:02 Unidentified Speaker OKAY.
00:51:03 Unidentified Speaker TIME WISE.
00:51:05 Unidentified Speaker YOU'RE DOING OKAY AND ALSO ON TIME.
00:51:07 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. HE ALSO HAS LEGISLATION PENDING THAT WOULD PROTECT VOTERS AGAINST WRONGFUL VOTER PURGES. THIS...
00:59:04 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. WE'VE HAD THREE EXCELLENT PRESENTATIONS. NOW IT'S YOUR CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND TO PARTICIPATE....
01:01:16 Unidentified Speaker ME FIRST?
01:01:18 Unidentified Speaker SURE.
01:01:19 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. HOW FAR ALONG ON STATE CENTRIC PROCESSES AS A RESULT OF THE HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT? I THINK...
01:04:06 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS, OBVIOUSLY, A CENTRAL QUESTION. THE ISSUE OF FEDERALISM IS A CENTRAL, DYNAMIC DILEMMA IN OUR...
01:07:37 Unidentified Speaker I GUESS I WOULD JUST SAY I THINK THAT WHETHER OR NOT SOMETHING IS BEST DONE TOP-DOWN OR BOTTOM-UP...
01:09:48 Unidentified Speaker YEAH. DEANNA.
01:09:50 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST BE INTERESTED TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION...
01:10:22 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. I WOULD JUST CHALLENGE THE PREMISE BECAUSE PROPOSITIONAL REPRESENTATION...
01:13:05 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I THINK THIS MAY BE A GOOD TIME -- LET ME JUST MENTION ON THAT, ON THE LAST QUESTION I AGREE...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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