Elections à la Carte: An Online Conversation on Elections over Lunch
Lunchtime Zoom, May 20 at 12 p.m. ET: New Ideas for Funding Elections
The Journal of Election Administration Research & Practice invites you to join a lunchtime Zoom conversation on innovative funding solutions for election administration at noon ET on Wednesday, May 20.
This edition of Elections à la Carte will focus on strategies for creating new sources of revenue from the local, state, and federal levels. The panel will include:
Mary Hall: The auditor for Thurston County, Washington – who will share information about a ballot real estate model under which local, state, and federal governments provide funding for election costs based on the ballot races at each government level,
Joseph Anthony: An assistant professor of political science at the State University of New York, Cortland – who proposes designating local election jurisdictions as special districts with the ability to receive a defined share of local revenue or to levy taxes themselves, and
Lana Goitia-Paz: Senior Georgia campaign manager with All Voting is Local and a student in Auburn University’s master of public administration program – who advocates for states to create an endowment fund for elections as a source of sustainable funding.
The panel will offer a brief explanation of their ideas, which will be followed by an in-depth discussion of revenue creation for election administration. Before the webinar, attendees are encouraged to submit questions they would like the panel to discuss to Brandon Fincher at finchrb@auburn.edu. The panel will try to address as many questions as time permits.
If you would like to read the panelists’ full proposals before the event, you can use the following links:
Mary Hall: https://auburn.box.com/s/7xs33qcr69n0coxseg5jv0ac5149xwbf
Joseph Anthony: https://auburn.box.com/s/vflp2d4rz9he5qjll3r96kudsy3765r5
Lana Goitia-Paz: https://auburn.box.com/s/c2zb6jgs3l961h2y79buo75f7a326pov
For questions or for further information, contact Brandon Fincher at finchrb@auburn.edu.