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Monday 10/15/2012
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Government :: Meeting
also Education :: Discussion |
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Election Laws: Has our democracy changed forever?
7:00 PM UM Gallagher Business Building, Room 122
Description:
Monday Forum Explores Impacts of New Election Laws
On Monday, October 15, at 7 P.M. in room 122 of the Gallagher Business Building on the campus of the University of Montana, a new group, Missoula Moves to Amend, has brought together three speakers to lead a community conversation examining the question: Has our democracy changed forever?
Observers have yet to tally the obscene amounts of money raised and spent to influence voting in 2012, but there's little doubt this election will set new records locally, statewide, and nationally. More to the point, citizens know that the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United decision in January 2010 has dramatically changed their democracy.
The evening's speakers include Anthony Johnstone, a constitutional law professor at the University of Montana. He previously served as the Solicitor for the State of Montana and defended Montana's election laws. He holds a B.A. from Yale University and a J.D. with honors from the University of Chicago Law School.
Jon Ellingson served two terms in the Montana House of Representatives (1994 to 1998) and then was elected to the state senate where he concluded his legislative career in 2006 serving as majority leader. He has a bachelor's degree in economics from Harvard University, a master's degree in political science from the University of Montana and his juris doctor degree from the University of California, Hastings College of Law.
Dan Kemmis has served as a Speaker of the House in the state legislator (1983 to 1985), Missoula mayor (1990 to 1996), and Director of the Center for the Rocky Mountain West at the University of Montana. He is the author of three books on the vibrancy of local democracy, including Community and the Politics of Place.
This is a public meeting designed with short talks by the speakers to generate informal questioning, sharing of observations, and conversation.
The forum is co-sponsored by the University of Montana's public interest research group, MontPIRG, and Stand With Montanans, the group sponsoring Initiative 166.
Missoula Moves to Amend is an affiliate of a national organization, Move to Amend, which is building a citizens' movement to pass a constitutional amendment declaring that corporations are not people, money is not speech, and citizens at all levels have the right to regulate election campaign contributions. (https://movetoamend.org/democracy-amendments )
For more information contact Walter Wilde, 721-5289, or Jeff Smith, 880-8320.
Link: http://www.business.umt.edu
Age Group: 18+
Venue: UM Gallagher Business Building, Room 122
Address: UM Campus
Phone: (406) 243-4831
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