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Speakers at Democracy Convention

We are excited to provide the following list of confirmed speakers, session leaders, and artists at the 2011 Democracy Convention. This listing will be expanded and otherwise updated in advance of the convention:

Report - Millions of voters of color disenfranchised due to organized suppression tactics violating constitutional law

By Strategic Institute of Intersectional Policy on December 20, 2016

Breaking Report: Trump Campaign Allegedly Violated Constitutional Law to Alter Election Results.  Penalties Include Prison Time if Charged. 

Evidence supports the argument that the election was illegally manipulated.  More than 20 GOP Secretaries of State collaborated with key members of the Trump Campaign to deprive millions of minorities of the right to vote. Penalties may include 10 years in prison if charged.

Climate goals unable to be reached under TPP trade deal

By '> Nadia Prupis for Common Dreams
In unsurprising news, a report has found that so-called free trade deals like the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) would make it nearly impossible to reach the goals set out by the Paris climate agreement.
 

TPP seen as a check on China by U.S. and allies

By Jane Perlez for The New York Times
BEIJING — The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal was welcomed on Tuesday as a win for the United States in its contest with China for clout in Asia, as America’s allies expressed optimism about the impact of the 12-nation accord on a region worried about its dependence on the slowing Chinese economy.
 

TPP deal can get decided during the lame-duck session

By Vicki Needham for The Hill
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch said Wednesday that Congress will pass a sweeping Asia-Pacific trade agreement before the end of the year.
 
The Utah Republican said he is working with the Obama administration to resolve several lingering issues that could ultimately pave the way for a vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in the lame-duck session after the November elections.  
 
"I think we're going to get it done in lame-duck," Hatch told The Hill.
 

Rigged

By David Swanson

The 2016 Republican presidential primary was rigged. It wasn't rigged by the Republicans, the Democrats, Russians, space aliens, or voters. It was rigged by the owners of television networks who believed that giving one candidate far more coverage than others was good for their ratings.

Debate Night Questions

By No More Stolen Elections!

Do you think voters have a right to information about all of their options at the ballot box? Can we call our process a democratic one when the political parties already in power control who speaks to voters and how often they speak? Without a fair and open debate process as well as unbiased media coverage, many voters are ill equipped to choose the candidate that best reflects their choice - we need profound election reform now!

Who will protect our rights?

By No More Stolen Elections!

“You’ve got to go out. You’ve got to go out. And you’ve got to get your friends. And you’ve got to get everyone you know. And you got to watch your polling booths, because I hear too many stories about Pennsylvania. Certain areas. I hear too many bad stories, and we can’t lose an election because of you know what I’m talking about.”

Community rights activists fight against corporate suppression of direct democracy

By Kai Huschke for Truthout

Across the country, corporations and government officials are working together to protect corporate interests and block local communities from exercising our rights to direct democracy.

Court protects voters in 3 states by blocking proof-of-citizenship requirement

By Merrit Kennedy for NPR
A federal appeals court has blocked a proof-of-citizenship requirement on a federal mail voter registration form in Kansas, Alabama and Georgia.
 
The case pits Brian Newby, U.S. Election Assistance Commission executive director who argues that the requirement prevents voter fraud, against the League of Women Voters, which argues the documentation requirement disenfranchises voters.
 

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