The schedule of a conference on overseas and military voting has been announced at the Heritage Foundation.  Here is the full agenda:

Military Families United, Military Voter Protection Project and The Heritage Foundation

 

present on

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

in the Heritage Foundation’s Allison Auditorium

Military Voting Rights Conference

8:45 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks

Edwin Meese III

Chairman, Center for Legal & Judicial Studies, The Heritage Foundation

9:00 a.m.

Panel 1:

A State Perspective on the MOVE Act and Military Voting

Natalie Tennant

Secretary of State of West Virginia

Beth Chapman

Secretary of State of Alabama

Mike Ertel

Supervisor of Elections, Seminole County, Florida

Charles “Cully” Stimson

Senior Legal Fellow, The Heritage Foundation (Moderator)

9:45 a.m.

Panel 2:

Exploring Ways to Increase Military Voting Participation in the 2012 Election

Bob Carey

Director, Federal Voting Assistance Program

Donald Palmer

Secretary, Virginia State Board of Elections

and former Director of Elections for Florida

Butch Bowers

Partner, Bowers & Hall, and former Counsel, Civil Rights Division,

U.S. Department of Justice

Eric Eversole

Executive Director, Military Voter Protection Project (Moderator)

10:30 a.m.

Keynote Address:

An Author’s Assessment of the Effectiveness of the MOVE Act

The Honorable John Cornyn (R-TX)

United States Senator

11:15 a.m.

Panel 3:

Exploring Ways to Enforce Military Voting Rights in Federal

and State Courts

Chris Coates

Former Section Chief, Voting Section, Civil Rights Division,

U.S. Department of Justice

Christian Adams

Founder, Election Law Center

Hans von Spakovsky

Senior Legal Fellow, The Heritage Foundation (Moderator)

12:00 p.m.

Keynote Address:

Understanding the Sacrifices of Our Men and Women in Uniform

and the Importance of Protecting Their Rights at Home

Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr., USN (ret.)

Former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff