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Welcome
- Cathy Darling Allen, Shasta County Registrar of Voters
Opening Address
- Catherine Hazelton, The James Irvine Foundation
Election Partnerships: Promoting Participation & Improving Election Administration
- Moderator: Kathay Feng, California Common Cause
- Jennie Bretschneider, Office of California Secretary of State
- Michelle Romero, The Greenlining Institute
- Darren Chesin, Senate Committee on Elections & Constitutional Amendments
- Dean Logan, Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk
- Heather Smith, Rock the Vote
Election Reforms: What Should We Prioritize For 2013 And Beyond?
- Moderator: Trudy Schafer, League of Women Voters of California
- Kim Alexander, California Voter Foundation
- Hillary Sklar, Disability Rights California
- Gail Pellerin, Santa Cruz County Registrar of Voters
- Lori Shellenberger, American Civil Liberties Union
- Arturo Vargas, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund
The Big One: Are California’s Elections Ready For The Next Major Disaster?
- Moderator: Doug Chapin, Future of California Elections
- Nancy L. Ward, Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Pam Smith, Verified Voting
- Jill LaVine, Sacramento County Registrar of Voters
- Evan Goldberg, Office of California Secretary of State
Next Generation Voters: Do We Need Better Civic Education, Tech Tools, And Voting Methods To Engage New Voters?
- Laura Deehan, CALPIRG
- Astrid Garcia, National Association of Latino Election and Appointed Officials Education Fund
- Steven Ochoa, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Voting Systems Innovation: How Do We Create More User-Friendly, Accessible And Secure Systems For Casting And Counting Ballots?
- Efrain Escobedo, Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk
- Susan Lapsley, Office of California Secretary of State
- Eugene Lee, Asian Pacific American Legal Center
Setting The Agenda For 2013: Future Of California Elections Policy Forum
- Moderator: John Myers, ABC News10
- Brian Jones, State Assembly
- Alex Padilla, State Senate
- Shawnda Westly, California Democratic Party Leland Yee, State Senate