As Dan noted a few weeks ago, this year’s AALS Annual Meeting has lots of great programming for those interested in Election Law.  (In fact, let’s just call Sunday “Election Law Day” at the AALS meeting, as there are three sessions devoted to the topic!)

As the Chair of the brand-new Section on Election Law, I want to highlight our program on the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act.  It’s on Sunday at 2:00 and will feature Pam Karlan, Dan Tokaji, Chris Elmendorf, Kareem Crayton, and David Gartner.

Please stay for the business meeting after the program, when we will elect the new executive committee for the section.  We hope to include a wide and diverse group of people to help lead the section.

On Sunday there’s also the AALS Section on Civil Rights program on voter suppression at 8:30, and a Hot Topics panel on campaign finance at 4:00.

Finally, I’d like to organize a dinner for anyone interested, for Sunday at 7:00.  Please reply to me by Friday to let me know if you’d like to attend.  I’ll send an email out on Friday night or Saturday with details of the location.

Happy New Year!