Democracy Forum

Host: Ann Luther, League of Women Voters of Maine Prerecorded April 15, 2020 using ZOOM meeting technology hosted by LWVME We will talk about how the continuing COVID-19 emergency might change voting procedures in Maine’s upcoming primary election What steps are being taken to protect the election, election workers, and the voting public. What voters can do now to prepare Guests: Alison Beyea, Executive Director, ACLU Maine Matthew Dunlap, Maine Secretary of State To learn more about this topic: Our View: COVID-19 will change Maine Election Day traditions, Portland Press Herald editorial, April 5, 2020. A Primary? In a Pandemic?, The Atlantic, March, 2020 Voting in the time of the coronavirus, Sue Halperin, The New Yorker, March, 2020 ‘It’s Madness.’ Wisconsin’s Election Amid Coronavirus Sparks Anger, NPR, April, 2020 “The Lessons of the Election of 1918,” New York Times, March, 2020 The all-volunteer team at the League of Women Voters – Downeast who plan and coordina