The 2008 election ushered in the first Black President, elected by the nation’s most diverse electorate. The last twelve years, however, have witnessed a series of assaults on voting rights from the removal of preclearance requirements in the Voting Rights Act and the proliferation of Voter ID laws to the strategic closure of polling sites, the regular failure of voting equipment in low-income, minority districts, and lines that require some voters to lose an entire day at work in order to exercise their voting rights. The right to vote has grown even more perilous in the wake of the pandemic and efforts to undermine mail-in voting and delegitimize electoral processes and systems. This workshop brings togethers scholars, students, activists, and political staffers to explore these critical issues at both the local and national level.

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