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Election Reform and Voting Rights March 5, 2010 The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Toyota Auditorium, Howard Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. The Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, the College of Law, the Department of Political Science and the American Studies Program at the University of Tennessee are sponsoring a one-day conference on election reform and voting rights in the United States. In 2009, the Baker Center sponsored the Tent City Celebration & Voting Rights Symposium, a two-day event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first voting rights protest in the rural American South. The 2010 conference focuses on recent innovations designed to improve voting in election administration at the national, state, and local levels, the current status of voting rights law, and the importance of the on-going 2010 Census on American politics and government. Ms. Edye Ellis, the former broadcast news anchor for WBIR-TV Channel 10 and distinguished Knoxville community leader will moderate the program. Featured on the program are Dr. Robert Stein of the Department of Political Science at Rice University, Greg Mackay the Knox County Administrator of Elections, Dr. Otis Stephens of the University of Tennessee College of Law, Dr. John Scheb of the Department of Political Science, the Honorable Joe Armstrong of the Tennessee House of Representatives, and Dr. Roderick J. Harrison of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies in Washington, D.C. Dr. Amy Gibson, Dr. David Folz, and Dr. Michael Fitzgerald will discuss Baker Center research on election administration and reform. Registration Registration for the program is required, due to limited seating. The deadline to register for the program and lunch is Monday, March 1, or until full. To register please contact Betsy Harrell at [log in to unmask] or call (865) 974-0931. A full agenda for the program can be found on the Baker Center website www.bakercenter.utk.edu. Luncheon Participants must make a reservation for lunch. There is a $15.00 charge for participants that choose to have lunch and this is payable (cash or check) at the luncheon at Baker Center Toyota Auditorium.