Event

This symposium will explore the complex history of voting in the United States. Topics to be discussed include the formation of the Electoral College and design of the Executive Branch, the expanding nature of voting rights since the Civil War, and ongoing voting rights activism.

Co-sponsored by the History Department, CSERI, Penn Migration Initiative, The Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy, The McNeil Center for Early American Studies, Asian American Studies Program, Greenfield Intercultural Center, Pan-Asian American Community House, the Center for Africana Studies, and Penn Carey Law.