Voting Rights and Democracy in 2024

Sean Morales-Doyle, director of the Brennan Center for Justice's Voting Rights Program and an Urbana native, was introduced by his father. He traced the wave of restrictive state voting laws since 2011, the 2013 Shelby County decision and the end of preclearance, the non-citizen-voting conspiracy theory, racial patterns in restrictive legislation, and the growing racial turnout gap, while arguing that the system remains resilient. Remarks credited trustee Walt McMahon's Democracy Innovation Fund; a Q&A followed. Fall 2024 Friday Forum x Conversation Cafe series, co-hosted with Diversity & Social Justice Education.