Today Resilient Elections is joined by Adona and Romero to discuss Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) in California. Alongside Director Paul Gronke, panelists debrief a recent study on AVR and highlight opportunities for academic-administrative partnerships in anticipation of November’s election.
Natalie Adona is the Assistant Clerk Recorder and Registrar of Voters in Nevada County, California.
Dr. Mindy Romero is Adjunct Fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California. She is the Founder and Director of the Center for Inclusive Democracy (formerly California Civic Engagement Project) at the University of Southern California Sol Price School of Public Policy.
As a collaboration between the Early Voting Information Center (EVIC) and the Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, Professors Paul Gronke (Reed College) and R. Michael Alvarez (Caltech) facilitate dialogue between leading election scholars, administrators, and innovators. By encouraging academic partnerships and community outreach alike, Resilient Elections ascertains how best to proceed with election administration this November and beyond. Stay tuned for upcoming conversations on forging academic-community relationships, vote-by-mail and polling in the era of COVID-19.
