Thursday, November 17 / 10:00 AM - 11:45 AM • Clark 3 (Floor 7)

Session 16
Roundtable: The Rise and Decline of the Voting Rights Act: Perspectives from History, Political Science, Demography and Civil Rights Lawyers

Chair: Margo Anderson, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Discussant: Leah Aden, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
Discussant: Thomas A. Saenz, President and General Counsel MALDEF

1. Thomas A. Saenz, President and General Counsel MALDEF.

2. Historical Changes to the Census to Enforce the Vra • Margo Anderson, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

3. Counting to 50% plus One • Andrew A. Beveridge, Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY) and Social Explorer.

4. Showing the Historical Context • Orville Vernon Burton, Clemson University.

5. Proving Bloc Voting and Evidence of a Section 2 Violation in Vote Denial Cases. • J Morgan Kousser, California Institute of Technology.

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