{"id":9973,"date":"2022-09-25T07:01:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T11:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/calendar\/untangling-the-tally-barriers-to-voting\/"},"modified":"2022-10-27T11:56:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T15:56:25","slug":"untangling-the-tally-barriers-to-voting","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/calendar\/untangling-the-tally-barriers-to-voting\/","title":{"rendered":"Untangling the Tally: Barriers to Voting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><u><\/u><u><\/u><u><\/u><b>Untangling the Tally:<\/b> Take a deep dive into how modern elections work and the various ways citizens engage with this core system of democracy. This series aims to untangle the logistics of elections, the role of technology and news coverage during elections, and the challenges faced by electors today to help build trust in their ability to participate in our government with confidence.<u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Elections have changed through the decades, but one thing has always remained the same: voting is not easy for everyone. For many eligible voters, it is actually near impossible. Issues of accessibility, convenience, transportation, time constraints, and a slew of other complications have always plagued Election Day. And the reasons so many citizens can&#8217;t make it to the polls, or choose not to go at all, go beyond just physical barriers.<\/p>\n<p>Join our panel of experts: Yanidsi V\u00e9lez, Hispanic Federation CT State Director; Steven Hernandez, Executive Director of the General Assembly\u2019s Commission on Women, Children and Seniors, Equity and Opportunity; Doris Maldonado, CT Council on Developmental Disabilities Chair, and&nbsp;<span style=\"background-color: var(--textfield-surface);color: var(--on-surface)\">Joe Goldman,<\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--textfield-surface);color: var(--on-surface)\"> <\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--textfield-surface);color: var(--on-surface)\">Civics Teacher, E.O. Smith High School in Mansfield,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: var(--textfield-surface);color: var(--on-surface)\">as they discuss the barriers that many citizens face to have their votes counted on Election Day. Moderated by Val Ramos, Director of Strategic Alliances at Everyday Democracy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Speakers:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Val Ramos, <i>Everyday Democracy<\/i>, moderator<\/p>\n<p>Yanidsi V\u00e9lez,<i> CT State Director, Hispanic Federation<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Steven Hernandez, <i>Executive Director GA\u2019s Commission on Women, Children and Seniors, Equity and Opportunity<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Doris Maldonado, <i>Chair, CT Council on Developmental Disabilities<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>Joe Goldman,<\/span> <span><i>Civics Teacher, E.O. Smith High School in Mansfield<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><u><\/u>For more information:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ctdemocracycenter.org\/tally\/\"><u>https:\/\/ctdemocracycenter.org\/tally\/<\/u><\/a><br \/><u><\/u><br \/><u><\/u><i>Please register here:&nbsp;<\/i><u><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/UntanglingTheTally2022\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/UntanglingTheTally2022<\/a><\/u><i><br \/><\/i><u><\/u><br \/><u><\/u><i><br \/><\/i><u><\/u><u><\/u><u><\/u><u><\/u><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Untangling the Tally: Take a deep dive into how modern elections work and the various ways citizens engage with this core system of democracy. This series aims to untangle the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-9973","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry"],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Connecticut&#039;s Old State House","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/9973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/9973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9973"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cga.ct.gov\/osh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=9973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}