Clearly, our American democracy is not as strong as we once thought and there are those who seem determined to push it to the breaking point. The time for answers and action is now.
Lawyers have a special role to play in this critical endeavor for our country. Accordingly, newly elected ABA president Mary Smith has announced the creation of an ABA-sponsored Task Force for American Democracy, co-chaired by former Federal Judge J. Michael Luttig and former
Secretary of Homeland Secretary Jeh Charles Johnson, to study these issues and provide actionable recommendations for reform. The Task Force will be inclusive and transparent in its work, and will, on a nonpartisan basis, solicit the views of a wide array of state election officials, present and former elected officials, academics, think tanks, public interest and other
stakeholder organizations, and everyday voters.
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