Conference on Proportional Representation

National Conference of the Center for Voting and Democracy
From Here to Democracy: Charting a Course for PoliticalReform

November 11-12, 1995 in Boston and Cambridge

Panels and Workshops on voter turnout, new parties, presidential election reform, race and representation.

Saturday, November. 11 in the Great Hall at Faneuil Hall

Registration: 8:30-9:00 AM

Panel Topics:
10-11AM
Voter Participation: Obstacles and Significance
Moderator: Joseph Zimmerman

11:00-12:00 Beyond the Two-Party System
Moderator: John Anderson, former presidential candidate

1:00-2:15
Prescription for Reform

2:15-3:30
Race and Representation
Moderator: Janin Raskin

3:45-4:45 PM
Building a Democracy Movement
Moderator: Rob Ritchie

4:45-5:30
Champion of Democracy Award
John Anderson, former member of Congress
Cynthia McKinney, Member of Congress
Alice Wolf, former mayor of Cambridge

Sunday, November 12, at MIT

9:00 AM
Organizing Workshop: Voting System Choices
British Electoral Reform Society
Democracy in Eastern Europe

10:45-12:00 Sessions
Presidential Election Reform
How PR Impacts Local Politics and Policy
Voting Systems in Africa and Latin America
PR and Voting Rights

1:15-2:30 Third Sessions
Education Committee
Representation of Women
PR at Work in Cambridge

2:45-4:00 Fourth Sessions
Education Committee: Curriculum materials
State/City Chapters
Strategies for Reform by the Year 2000
A New England Democracy Movement
Electoral Change Around the World
(Italy, Japan, New Zealand, and South Africa

4:15-5PM Closing

Registration fee:
One day: $15 ($8 student/low income)
Full weekend $30 ($8 student/low income)

Contact Information:

Massachusetts Organizers:
Fair Ballot Alliance of Massachusetts
10 Hobson Ave.
Worcester, MA 01603
(518) 767-0182
e-mail: fairballot@aol.com


National Organization:
The Center for Voting and Democracy
6905 Fifth Street N.W. Suite 200
Washington, D.C. 20012
(202) 828-3062

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