In Partnership with Campaign Legal Center (CLC)
Programming centering on voter education and engagement, co-created and distributed through a partnership that builds on the respective missions that advance democracy of Chautauqua Institution and the Campaign Legal Center (CLC).
About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state that comes alive each summer with a unique mix of fine and performing arts, lectures, interfaith worship and programs, and recreational activities. As a community, we celebrate, encourage and study the arts and treat them as integral to all of learning, and we convene the critical conversations of the day to advance understanding through civil dialogue. CHQ Assembly is the online expression of Chautauqua Institution's mission.
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Advancing Democracy: Inside Campaign Legal Center
A conversation between Campaign Legal Center (CLC) Founder and President, and Republican former Chairman of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Trevor Potter and Chautauqua President Michael E. Hill, examining the mission of CLC and key issues at play in the 2022 mid-term election.
About Chaut...
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The Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Merrill v. Milligan
CLC's Valencia Richardson explains the details of the Supreme Court case Merrill v. Milligan.
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Restore Your Vote Tennessee: Latoya Slater
Latoya Slater is currently working with organizers from CLC's Restore Your Vote project to try and regain her voting rights.
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Designing an Independent Redistricting Commission
Though redistricting has always been a problem in American politics, the outsized role of partisanship in the redistricting process has received unprecedented attention across the nation since 2010. We want to arm legislators, good government advocates and activists with the knowledge needed to ...
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What is Dark Money and What Can We Do About It?
Voters have a right to know which wealthy special interests are spending big money to secretly influence our vote and our government to rig the political system in their favor. Dark money or secret spending from wealthy special interests prevents us from making progress on key issues like healthc...
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Who Draws the Lines? Fighting for Fair Maps in Wisconsin and Michigan
Every 10 years, every state must redistrict. That means that states redraw election district lines, and that determines who you get to vote for.
This process should be straightforward. Unfortunately, in the U.S., politicians in many states engage in partisan gerrymandering. This means politician...
