Voting Rights and Voting Wrongs

Let's Find Common Ground

USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future

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🗓️ 15 October 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Center Co-Directors Bob Shrum and Mike Murphy are joined by Linda Chavez, Pete Peterson, Theodore Johnson, and Ralph Neas to dive into the pros and cons of voting processes nationwide and explore common sense solutions.

Featuring:

Robert Shrum - Director, Center for the Political Future; Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics, USC Dornsife

Mike Murphy - Co-Director, Center for the Political Future; NBC Political Analyst

Linda Chavez - Conservative commentator; Chair, Center for Equal Opportunity

Theodore Johnson - Fellows Program Director at Brennan Center for Justice, New York University

Ralph Neas - Senior Counsel on Voting Rights, Century Foundation

Pete Peterson - Braun Family Dean's Chair, Pepperdine University School of Public Policy; Senior Fellow, Davenport Institute

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Bully Pulpit from the University of Southern California Center for the Political Future.
0:11.2	Our podcast brings together America's top politicians, journalists, academics, and strategists from across the political spectrum for discussions on hot button issues where we respect
0:22.0	each other and respect the truth. We hope you enjoy these conversations.
0:29.3	Hello, everyone, and welcome to another bully pulpit from the USC Center for the Political
0:35.6	Future here at the University of Southern California.
0:39.5	I'm Mike Murphy. I'm here, along with my director and good friend and partisan opponent for many
0:45.0	decades, Bob Strump. So today, the bully pulpit is addressing a very important topic that I think
0:50.9	a lot of people are interested in, which is our catchy title,
0:55.3	Voting Rights and Voting Rons. And we've assembled a stellar panel here to discuss this.
1:01.3	And then at the end, using the chat room, don't be shy, send us your questions and we will
1:06.5	try to get to them. So let me begin right now by introducing our fine panel. My old friend Linda Chavez,
1:13.2	Linda is an author, commentator, and chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity. She's been
1:18.4	honored by the Library of Congress as a living legend and has held several appointed positions in
1:23.9	government, including staff director of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and White
1:28.3	House, Director of Public Liaison. Theodore Johnson, Ted is the director of the Fellows Program
1:34.0	at the Brennan Center for Justice. His work explores the role that race plays in electoral
1:40.0	politics, issue framing, and disparities in policy outcomes. His latest book, available on Amazon,
1:47.0	When the Stars Begin to Fall, Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America,
1:53.0	outlines the path toward a multiracial national solidarity to finally overcome the existential threat
2:00.0	of racism in the United States.
2:02.2	Ralph Nees, Ralph is Senior Counsel on Voting Rights at the Century Foundation.
2:06.6	He served as the Executive Director of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights for 15 years.
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