Thursday, September 27 @ 6:00-7:30 (Room 128): "Digital Democracy: Is the Race to Adopt E-Voting Leaving our Voting Rights Behind?"

• Federal regulations are pushing states to adopt direct-recording electronic (DRE) voting. Are the machines ready for prime time?  Or are they putting individual voting rights and the integrity of our entire electoral process at risk?  Opponents of DREs say they fail to provide basic constitutional protections and have critical security shortcomings. But, proponents counter that the changes detractors demand would throw the baby out with the bathwater.  Will e-voting have worked out its kinks by the 2008 elections?  Come find out from some of the top experts in voting rights and technology.  
  
      * Featuring panelists:
  
            o Lawrence Norden, Project Director For The Voting Technology Assessment Project at The Brennan Center, Author Of "The Machinery of Democracy: Voting System Security, Accessibility, Usability, and Cost" ;
  
            o Daniel Castro, Senior Analyst at the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, Author Of "Stop the Presses: How Paper Trails Fail to Secure e-Voting";
  
            o Gregory Luke, Associate at Strumwasser & Woocher, Lead Attorney In "Americans For Safe Access v. County Of Alameda," successfully challenged the use of DREs as violating Equal Protection and Due Process.
   
  Non-Pizza Dinner will be served!

Co-sponsored Yale Information Society Project.