This year, FairVote has held several webinars that take a close look at the flaws in our elections and how they can be reformed to better serve the public. The webinars have brought together panelists with unique and valuable perspectives on the topic, including former candidates, officeholders, academics, or businesspeople. We will continue to hold webinars throughout the Fall as part of our series, The Future of American Elections.

Videos of each webinar we have held so far can be found below. 

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The Future of American Elections: The Yang Gang Is Ready For The End of Tactical Voting (October 13, 2020)

Moderator: David Daley, FairVote Senior Fellow and author of Unrigged: How Americans Are Battling Back to Save Democracy.

Panelist: 

• Andrew Yang, entrepreneur, author, philanthropist, and former 2020 presidential candidate

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The Future of American Elections: Redefining representation for American Voters (October 1, 2020)

Moderator: David Daley, FairVote Senior Fellow and author of Unrigged: How Americans Are Battling Back to Save Democracy.

Panelists: 

• Danielle Allen, Harvard professor, political scientist and author
• Bill Weld, former Governor of Massachusetts

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The Future of American Elections: Innovating for a More Reflective Government (September 15, 2020)

Moderator: David Daley, FairVote Senior Fellow and author of Unrigged: How Americans Are Battling Back to Save Democracy.

Panelists: 

• Daniel Newman, President of MapLight and author of Unrig: How to Fix Our Broken Democracy
• Katherine Gehl, former CEO of Gehl Foods and co-author of The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy

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The Future of American Elections: Making every vote count (August 28, 2020)

Moderator: David Daley, FairVote Senior Fellow and author of Unrigged: How Americans Are Battling Back to Save Democracy.

Panelists: 

• Neal Simon, former U.S. Senate candidate and author of Contract to Unite America: Ten Reforms to Reclaim Our Republic
• Rebecca Chavez-Houck, former Utah State Representative 
• Joshua Douglas, professor at the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law and author of Vote for US: How to Take Back Our Elections and Change the Future of Voting.

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Webinar: The Success of RCV in the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary (July 21, 2020)

Moderator: David Daley, FairVote Senior Fellow and author of Unrigged: How Americans Are Battling Back to Save Democracy.

Panelists:

• Vicki Hiatt, Chair of the Kansas Democratic Party
• Maria Perez, Principal Consultant, Democracy in Action
• Rosemary Blizzard, former Director of Elections with the Wayne County Board of Elections in Goldsboro, NC, and current Education Director with the Ranked Choice Voting Research Center
• Maggie Toulouse Oliver, New Mexico Secretary of State

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Week of Action Webinar: Deep Dive in #RankedChoiceVoting (May 7, 2020)

Panelists: 

• Katie Dahl, FairVote Outreach Manager
• Scott Siebel, FairVote Director of Outreach
• Deb Otis, FairVote Senior Research Analyst

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Webinar: 2020 Presidential Primary Conversation: Wisconsin, Alaska and Washington (April 16, 2020)

Moderator: Deb Otis, FairVote Senior Research Analyst

Panelists:

• Mohit Nair, Partnerships Director of FairVote Washington
• Bob Betzig, President and Field Director of FairVote Wisconsin
• Amber Lee, PR Consultant for FairVote’s Presidential Primaries education project in Alaska