Speakers: Jeff Mandell, President and General Counsel at Law Forward; Kacy Gurewitz, Staff Counsel at Law Forward

Topic: Fusion Voting: A Piece of Wisconsin History and Maybe a Fix to Some of Today’s Problems

Fusion voting is an historical practice that is getting renewed attention as an electoral reform that can address some of the problems facing our democracy. Fusion played a key role in Wisconsin’s first half century, and then the Legislature banned the practice. Now, the American Bar Association is recommending that states adopt fusion voting, the UW Law School recently held a day-long conference on fusion’s promise for Wisconsin, and a case is pending in circuit court to strike down the 1897 legislative ban on fusion voting. Two of the attorneys leading the case will come to explain what fusion voting is, how it works, what it may be able to offer at this moment in our history, and to give an update on the litigation. There will be time for Q&A, both about fusion and about other matters that Law Forward is litigating. 

Registration: Please register for this luncheon here. The registration deadline for those ordering lunch is noon on Monday, January 12th. The deadline for those attending without a lunch order is 5 p.m. on Tuesday, January 13th. LAW will be applying for 1 CLE credit for this program.