Watts Briefly
Issue No. 10 | March 21, 2025
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MODL to host bi-partisan panel of secretaries of state to discuss election administration, March 25
Hear a bipartisan panel of three Western secretaries of state discuss elections administration in the western United States in a discussion presented by the School of Public Affairs-based Mechanics of Democracy Laboratory.
“Why Does It Take So Long to Count the Votes Out West – and Does It Matter?” is 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 25, in the First Amendment Forum at the ASU Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, 555 N. Central Ave., Phoenix.
The panel, consisting of Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, Idaho Secretary of State Phil McGrane and New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse-Oliver, will be moderated by David Becker, founder and executive director of the Center for Election Innovation and Research. Becker is co-author, with CBS News’ Chief Washington Correspondent Major Garrett, of the book The Big Truth: Upholding Democracy in the Age of The Big Lie.
The laboratory is headed by its director, School of Public Affairs Professor of Practice Bill Gates, a former Maricopa County supervisor.
Admission to the discussion is free, but RSVPs are required here.