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Dialogue on Diversity: Right to Vote!

Panel Discussion and Town Hall Dialogue

History of Voting Rights, Legal Challenges, and Current Concerns
1.5 Free Elimination of Bias MCLE Credit (Self-Study)  

 

 

 

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2020 marks several significant voting rights milestones, with the 150th anniversary of the 15th Amendment — which provided that citizens shall not be denied the right to vote “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude” — and the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment — which provided that citizens shall not be denied the right to vote “on account of sex.” Both of these amendments expanded democracy and the franchise in significant ways. However, voting rights were not fully realized for many citizens and obstacles remain today, including differences in voting from state to state and county to county.

The COVID-19 pandemic also has wrought its own challenges, including a significant impact on how to safely conduct elections in light of this public health crisis, which polling centers will be open and who will volunteer at the polls, and the way many citizens will cast their ballots.

With a significant election on the horizon in November 2020, the San Diego County Bar Association is bringing together experts to educate us about our history and to discuss current topics and challenges in the voting rights arena, both within and outside California.

 

Originally broadcast: October 7, 2020

 

Featuring

Special Welcome Remarks By:

Councilmember 
Monica Montgomery Steppe

San Diego City Council, District 4

Panelists:

Hon. Eileen Moore 
Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal
Fourth Appellate District, Division Three

Chad Dunn 
Co-Founder and Director
UCLA Voting Rights Project

Mimi Marziani 
President
Texas Civil Rights Project

Michael Vu 
Registrar
San Diego County Registrar of Voters

Facilitated By:

Johanna Schiavoni
Appellate Attorney
President, San Diego County Bar Association

Fanny Yu 
San Diego County, Deputy District Attorney President, NAPIPA San Diego

 

Title Sponsors:


 
 
Friend Sponsors:
 
Manfred Muecke, Manfred APC
 

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Lawyers Club of San Diego

Legal Aid Society of San Diego

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Office of the San Diego City Attorney

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San Diego Chinese Attorneys Association 

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San Diego Inn of Court

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