Great lineup for this conference:

This symposium will focus on the relationship between ballots and democracy. Most election law experts understand that the way our ballots look can significantly influence how people vote. This Symposium will bring together activists, scholars, judges, lawyers, and law students from around the country to discuss how ballot design impacts and influences democratic outcomes. The panelists will discuss the history and use of the “Australian” ballot in the United States, past controversies concerning poorly designed ballots, the empirical effects of ballot design, litigation strategies to improve ballot design, and the ways in which voters and the public can become more educated about how ballot design influence democratic outcomes. The Symposium will seek to educate the public about the problems of bad ballot design both as those problems exist nationally and in New Jersey.