NPC Virtual Newsmaker: Crisis in the College Vote 2020

Washington attorney Thurgood Marshall, Jr. and Paul Loeb, the founder of the non-partisan Campus Election Engagement Project (CEEP), will speak at a virtual National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker event on August 31 at 1 p.m. They will discuss mounting problems that could affect college voters and their impact on the 2020 election with NPC President Michael Freedman.

The pandemic is scattering college-based voter groups, leaving them, and the states and districts they impact, dependent on unsystematic absentee ballot practices and the embattled US Postal Service.

Mr. Marshall recently co-authored a piece on his concerns in Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball. Mr. Loeb is president of CEEP, and has been busy with college student groups around the country trying to overcome ever-changing barriers to voting before the fall. 

This 1-hour program will stream live at 1:00 p.m. ET as part of the National Press Club’s Virtual Newsmaker series, and is accessible to both the media and members of the general public free-of-charge. Viewers can send their questions for Mr. Marshall and Mr. Loeb in advance or during the live program via email to [email protected].