Tuesday, September 24, 2024 (12:00 noon-1:00 pm ET)
Zoom Meeting Registration Link
Experts from the Brennan Center for Justice will cover what we need to know about recent improvements and
remaining challenges for voting access, election administration, and security, and the use of mis and disinformation,
possible AI interventions, cyber attacks and challenges to counting and certification. Additionally, an expert from the
Center for American Progress will discuss how Project 2025 developed by the Heritage Foundation, if adopted by a
future administration would fundamentally undermine our representative democracy. In emphasizing women and
elections this presenter will provide suggestions for messaging to your family and friends about the threats.
LIZ HOWARD is Director of Partner Engagement for the Brennan Center’s Elections & Government Program. Her work
focuses on election security. Howard regularly comments for television, radio, and print media on issues relating to
election security and election administration and has testified before U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security and in
a variety of state legislatures. She has also co-authored multiple Brennan Center reports and white papers: Better Safe
Than Sorry (2018), Defending Elections: Federal Funding Needs for State Election Security (2019), Trump-Russia
Investigations: A Guide Preparing for Cyberattacks and Technical Failures: A Guide for Election Officials (2019). Prior to
joining the Brennan Center, Howard served as deputy commissioner for the Virginia Department of Elections. During her
tenure, she coordinated many election administration modernization projects, including the decertification of all
paperless voting systems, implementation of the e-Motor Voter program, and adoption of online, paperless absentee
ballot applications, for which the department received a Bright Ideas Award at the Harvard Kennedy School. Howard
earned her JD from the William & Mary Law School and received the Alumnus of the Year award from the William & Mary
Election Law Society.
ALICE CLAPMAN is a senior counsel in the Brennan Center’s Voting Rights Program, where she works on topics such as
mass voter challenges, voter roll purges, voter ID requirements, state voting laws, and election administration. She
recently authored How States Can Prevent Election Subversion in 2024 and Beyond for the Brennan Center. Before joining
the Brennan Center, she litigated reproductive rights cases and did policy work for Planned Parenthood Federation of
America. Prior to that, she taught clinics, practiced, and wrote in the field of immigration law and clerked for federal trial
and appellate courts. Alice earned her JD from Yale Law School, and her BA from Princeton University.
COLIN SEEBERGER a senior adviser for Communications at the Center for American Progress (CAP) will share their
messaging research on the threat of Project 2025 to give attendees more tools to effectively communicate. He will focus
on the impact of various policies on issues with an acute impact on women and elections. Prior to joining CAP, Seeberger
held various roles in public affairs and directed issue advocacy campaigns at Young Invincibles, a young adult policy and
advocacy nonprofit organization. He previously worked on the national public affairs team at Berlin Rosen and in the press
office of Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA). Seeberger also has a background in research, having worked with Grindstone Research. He
studied political management with a concentration in strategic communications at George Washington University’s
Graduate School of Political Management and graduated summa cum laude from Pace University in New York City.
The next CWI Zoom meeting is scheduled for October 22, 2024 at noon ET.
