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UK Law Professor Josh Douglas

Joshua Douglas

Democracy Optimist Producer & Host

Joshua A. Douglas is a law professor at the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law. He is the author of the forthcoming book "The Court v. The Voters: The Troubling Story of How the Supreme Court Has Undermined Voting Rights" and "Vote for US: How to Take Back Our Elections and Change the Future of Voting."Find him at www.joshuaadouglas.com

  • Josh Douglas speaks with Dr. Fernanda Buril, the Deputy Director of the Center for Applied Research and Learning at the International Foundation for Electoral Systems.
  • Josh Douglas speaks to Ben Hovland, a Commissioner of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission
  • We wrap our Democracy Optimist series for 2024 in front of a live audience at the University of Kentucky
  • Joshua Douglas looks at the impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
  • Joshua Douglas speaks to Jason Kander who has a particular focus on improving our election system
  • Joshua Douglas speaks to Jennifer Morrell, CEO and Co-Founder of The Elections Group
  • Joshua Douglas speaks to Kim Wyman, senior advisor to the elections project at the Bipartisan Policy Center
  • Joshua Douglas speaks to Trey Greyson, former Kentucky Secretary of State and now leader of the Lobbying and Public Policy practice group at the law firm, Frost Brown Todd
  • Joshua Douglas speaks to Carolyn Dupont, an Associate Professor of History at Eastern Kentucky University and author of Distorting Democracy: The Forgotten History of the Electoral College—and Why It Matters Today
  • Joshua Douglas speaks to Lata Nott, Senior Legal Counsel at the Campaign Legal Center.
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