With election day a year away, experts will gather in Raleigh on Friday to discuss whether North Carolina is ready.
The forum at N.C. State University will discuss recent changes in state election law including same-day registration, and instant-runoff voting, and the reliability of the state's electronic voting machines, Rob Christensen reports.
The keynote speaker is Curtis Gans, the director of the Center for the Study of the American Electorate.
Panelists include Gary Bartlett, executive director of the N.C. Board of Elections; Rep. Deborah Ross; Bob Hall, executive director of Democracy North Carolina; and scholars from N.C. State, UNC-Chapel Hill, and UNC-Greensboro.
The event , will be held from 1-5 p.m. in G-107 Caldwell Hall on the N.C. State campus. It is being sponsored by the N.C. State political science department and the RTI International.
