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SUMMARY:Your Lowell Your Vote - Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a panel discussion featuring experts on each of the two new election system options appearing on the November 5th Municipal Election ballot. \nModerator\nLisa Handley\, Ph.D. is a leading expert in voter data analysis and voting patterns\, and has published widely in this area. She has advised numerous jurisdictions\, both domestically and internationally\, on electoral systems and surrounding challenges. Her clients include the U.S. Department of Justice\, multiple state and local jurisdictions\, and redistricting commissions. She is currently president of Maryland-based Frontier International Electoral Consulting. \nPanelists\nHoward Fain\, Deputy Director of Policy and Research with Voter Choice Massachusetts\, a non-profit organization that advocates for the expanded use of Ranked Choice Voting. Mr. Fain has been with Voter Choice MA since its founding in 2016. He was previously co-founder of FairVote\, and served on its Board of Directors between 1992-1998. Mr. Fain is a proponent of the Ranked Choice Voting electoral system. \nTanya Ford\, Executive Director of the Cambridge Election Commission for the City of Cambridge. Ms. Ford has been with the City of Cambridge for nine years. She was previously Deputy Village Clerk and Village Clerk in Hempstead\, New York for approximately eleven years\, where she was also responsible for conducting elections. Cambridge’s electoral system is Ranked Choice Voting. \nMichael Gallagher\, J.D.\, is a founding partner of Gallagher & Cavanaugh LLP\, a Lowell-based law firm. He has received numerous accolades for the practice of law. He has also previously served on the Lowell School Committee and on the board of multiple local committees and organizations. He has recently been recognized as a community leader who is a proponent of the Hybrid (mixture of at-large and district seats) electoral system. \nNiko Vangjeli\, Assistant City Clerk for the City of Worcester. Mr. Vangjeli was appointed as Worcester’s Election Administrator in June 2014. As Assistant City Clerk \, he provides operational and administrative support to the Board of Election Commissioners and is the primary election and voter registration official. Worcester’s electoral system is a Hybrid mixture of at-large and district seats
URL:https://solidaritylowell.com/event/your-lowell-your-vote-panel-discussion/
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SUMMARY:Immigrant Rights Committee monthly Planning Meeting
DESCRIPTION:(Art by Kadir Nelson\, So Together\, 2016) \nNow that Welcoming Week and the Cultural Exchange Poltuck are behind us\, we’ll get back to looking at other goals for immigrant rights in Lowell. \nProposed agenda:\n– Debrief of potluck event.\n– Moving forward with reviewing current status and possible future actions relating to immigrant rights\n– more detailed agenda TBD \nBring guests\, all are welcome.
URL:https://solidaritylowell.com/event/immigrant-rights-committee-monthly-planning-meeting-2/
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