Democracy Town Hall with Deval Patrick

We are excited to announce our 11th nonpartisan Democracy Town Hall Series event, and we welcome Deval Patrick. Deval is an American politician, civil rights lawyer, author, and businessman who served as the 71st governor of Massachusetts, from 2007 to 2015. He was first elected in 2006, succeeding Mitt Romney, who chose not to run for reelection to focus on his presidential campaign. He was reelected in 2010. He is the first African American Governor of Massachusetts. A Democrat, Patrick served from 1994 to 1997 as the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division under President Bill Clinton. He is a candidate for President of the United States in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

The event takes place on Friday, January 10, 2020 at 4 pm at the Dover Public Library, 73 Locust St. Dover, NH 03820

Our event will focus on the candidate's positions on issues relating to our Republic's democracy, including:

Voting rights & Voter Suppression
Modernizing voting
Public funding of elections
Gerrymandering & Fair Voting Districts
Citizens United & Dark Money
A 28^th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
SuperPACs and the LLC Loophole
Federal Elections Commission & IRS Enforcement
The “Revolving Door” of Legislator-to-Lobbyist influence
The Electoral College & Winner-take-all elections
Ranked Choice Voting
And other democracy-related questions you might ask.

As a nonpartisan event, we ask that you keep partisan rhetoric to a minimum. Preserving our Republic by fixing our democracy is something we can all agree on!

This Democracy Town Hall series is hosted by Open Democracy Action and Equal Citizens, and is sponsored by Leadership Now Project, New Hampshire Independent Voters, NH Labor News, FairVote, NH Ranked Choice Voting, Fix It America, The Committee for Ranked Choice Voting, NH Voters Restoring Democracy, Stamp Stampede, American Promise, UU Action of NH, Take Back Our Republic, Protect Democracy, and Common Cause.

This event is free and open to the public, but please RSVP below.