In 2005, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James A. Baker III co-chaired the bipartisan Commission on Federal Election Reform. They understood that public confidence in elections was critical to the survival of American democracy. Now, with the U.S. facing an unprecedented crisis of confidence in our electoral processes, The Carter Center and Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy are collaborating on a series of conferences looking at key election issues.
On April 29, we are bringing together leading experts on election administration from across the country to discuss questions on many American’s minds:
Download: Agenda (PDF) | Panelist Biographies (PDF)
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President Carter and Secretary Baker speak at events associated with the 2005 Carter-Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform.