CONFERENCES & EVENTS

Challenges to Democracy for November 2024 and Beyond

September 25, 2024
7:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m. ET
WEBINAR

In keeping with fair voting and upholding "We the People," Alex Keyssar discussed ongoing voter suppression efforts, vote counting and certification, and the Electoral College system for 2024 and beyond. This event was organized by the Network for Responsible Public Policy. 

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SPEAKER

ALEXANDER KEYSSAR is the Matthew W. Stirling Jr. Professor of History and Social Policy. A historian by training, he has specialized in the exploration of historical problems that have contemporary policy implications. His book, The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States (2000), was named the best book in U.S. history by both the American Historical Association and the Historical Society; it was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. A significantly revised and updated edition of The Right to Vote was published in 2009. His 1986 book, Out of Work: The First Century of Unemployment in Massachusetts, was awarded three scholarly prizes. Keyssar is coauthor of The Way of the Ship: America’s Maritime History Reenvisioned, 1600-2000 (2008), and of Inventing America, a text integrating the history of technology and science into the mainstream of American history. In addition, he has co-edited a book series on Comparative and International Working-Class History. In 2004/5, Keyssar chaired the Social Science Research Council’s National Research Commission on Voting and Elections, and he writes frequently for the popular press about American politics and history. Keyssar’s latest book, entitled Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College? (2020), is published by Harvard University Press.

EVENT CO-SPONSORS

Network for Responsible Public Policy
The Academy of Political Science
The Puffin Foundation