Navigating the Rapids: Swing State Secretaries and the 2020 Elections

Date: 

Tuesday, October 20, 2020, 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Location: 

Virtual event, registration required

As we approach the final weeks of the election campaign, Secretaries of State - particularly in swing states - face tremendous pressures as they fulfill their responsibilities to provide a smooth, inclusive, and safe election that delivers a trusted result. The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation is privileged to bring together a bipartisan group of secretaries from the key swing states of Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. They will discuss the challenges they are facing, the pressures they are under, and what they are doing to make the November elections work for the citizens of their states.

This event is co-sponsored by the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School.

Speakers include:

  • Jocelyn Benson, Secretary of State, Michigan
  • Kathy Boockvar, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Pennsylvania
  • Frank LaRose, Secretary of State, Ohio
  • Miles Rapoport  (Moderator), Senior Practice Fellow in American Democracy, Ash Center

Virtual Event Recording