“WHOSE VOTE COUNTS: Voter Suppression and the 2020 Election” Virtual Event

FRONTLINE Presents:

“WHOSE VOTE COUNTS: Voter Suppression and the 2020 Election”

November,  2nd at 2:30pm EST /1:30pm CST

On the heels of a Supreme Court decision that experts say could disenfranchise thousands of Wisconsin voters in the midst of a pandemic, join FRONTLINE for a virtual roundtable discussion on voter suppression in this battleground state. On the eve of the election, in conversation with local voting experts and FRONTLINE journalists, learn what the political and legal fights around absentee voting in Wisconsin may portend nationally.

The conversation will highlight the recent, Wisconsin-set FRONTLINE film, Whose Vote Counts, which investigates allegations of voter disenfranchisement, how unfounded claims of extensive voter fraud entered the political mainstream, rhetoric and realities around mail-in ballots, and how the pandemic could impact turnout.

 

FEATURED SPEAKERS:

• June Cross: Director, “Whose Vote Counts” and Professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism  
• Neil Albrecht: Executive Director, Milwaukee Election Commission, 2012-20
• Marcia Robiou: Senior Reporter, “Whose Vote Counts”
• Kenneth Mayer: Professor of American Politics, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mayer is active as an expert witness in campaign finance, redistricting, and voter ID litigation. He has also consulted on recount disputes and Voting Rights Act matters.
• Patrick Marley: Politics and Statehouse Reporter, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Marley has written about the state’s voter ID rules, redistricting litigation and lame-duck laws that limited the power of the governor.

 

FRONTLINE | PBS, Columbia Journalism School, Columbia Journalism Investigations and USA TODAY Network investigate whose vote counts — and whose might not.