Overton to Speak on Voting Rights at UI

We want to tell you about a chance to meet a good friend of ours who
will be speaking in at the University of Iowa College of Law.  Spencer
Overton is a voting rights activist, a law professor at George
Washington University, and a member of our board.  He will be
discussing his new book, Stealing Democracy: The New Politics of Voter Suppression, at the University
of Iowa College of Law on Friday, January 19, at 3 p.m. in the Levitt
Auditorium of the Boyd Law Building.  Admission is free and open to the
public.

Stealing Democracy is
fun, timely, and important.  It starts off by showing how the themes
from the movie “The Matrix” are played out in our flawed political
system, and builds on that insight by recounting hot controversies like
partisan redistricting in Texas, renewal of the Voting Rights Act,
felon disenfranchisement, photo ID requirements, English-only ballots,
and the 2000 and 2004 elections.

Please pass this email on to anyone you know who may want to attend, or might be interested in Spencer's book. 

Thank you.

P.S.
While serving on a commission about presidential primaries, Spencer
urged Iowa to restore voting rights to citizens who had completed their
sentences.  A couple of months later, Iowa's governor did so (a move
that restored rights to 98,000 voters, including 25 percent of the
state's African American voting-age population).  You can see more
about Spencer's book at http://www.stealingdemocracy.com.