February 5, 2022 via Zoom: How can Vermonters work to keep our republic democratic?

Based on the attempts to create a controversy about the 2020 presidential election results, some state legislatures have been changing election laws in ways that seem designed to disenfranchise some groups of voters, and result in partisan advantage in upcoming elections. What can we do in this state to protect democracy nationally? We have two speakers to answer that question.

Ben Horton is a lawyer at Free Speech For People and a Harvard Public Service Venture Fund Fellow. Prior to law school, Mr. Horton worked in secondary and higher education in the Boston area. Free Speech for People is engaging in a campaign to bar members of Congress who participated in the January 6 insurrection from running in 2022, and to prevent Donald Trump from running in 2024, using the 14th Amendment's ban on insurrectionists holding office.

Ginny Sassaman lives in Calais and is a founder and facilitator for Indivisible Calais, formed in the week after the November 2016 U.S. election. They have been busy attending rallies, making phone calls and writing post cards for progressive candidates, organizing fundraisers for progressive causes and building community.

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