A Conversation on Voting Rights
On August 6, 1965, President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law. Nearly fifty years later, voting rights are still a topic of hot debate. On November 20, the Future Forum convened a panel of experts to discuss the Voting Rights Act, legal rulings over the years, the Texas voter ID law, and the November election. Panelists included Joseph Fishkin, Assistant Professor, University of Texas Law School; Hans von Spakovsky, Manager, Election Law Reform Initiative and Senior Legal Fellow at the Heritage Foundation; and Joe Deshotel, Jr., Communications Director, Travis County Democratic Party. The conversation was moderated by Sherri Greenberg, Director of the Center for Politics and Governance at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and a former member of the Texas House of Representatives.
