August 19-23, 2017Hyatt Regency Hotel Orange County

Garden Grove, California

33rd Annual National Conference

Board of Directors

Susan Gill, CERAInverness, Florida

Kathleen HaleAuburn University, Auburn, Alabama

Ernest Hawkins, CERA Elk Grove, California

Dean Logan, CERA Norwalk, California

Alice MillerWashington, DC

Robert MontjoyAuburn, Alabama

Steve Moreno, CERAGreeley, Colorado

Julie Pearson, CERARapid City, South Dakota

Tom WilkeyAlbany, New York

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTSSECURITY NOTICE: Because of security concerns, you must wear yourElection Center name badge when entering any meeting room, lunch room orthe exhibit area. Thank you for your cooperation.

Saturday, August 19, 2017

8:00-9:00 Class Registration Ballroom Foyer(Separate Registration for Classes Required)

9:00-4:30 Class #11 The History of Elections I Grand D RoomRobert Montjoy, Ph.D.

Class #12 Grand G RoomThe History of Elections IIBridgett King, Ph.D.

Class # 28Navigating Successful Change Management in Election Administration Kelly Krawczyk, MPA, Ph.D. Grand E/F Rooms

Class # 30 Grand B/C RoomsElection Assessment: Tracking Performance across the Election Administration SystemKathleen Hale, JD, Ph.D.

12:00-1:30 Lunch Pool-North Tower (Students only-Ticket Required)

Sunday, August 20, 2017

8:00-11:00 Courses #11, #12, #28 and #30 Continued (Same rooms as Saturday)

1:00-3:00 PEP Board Committee Meeting Grand E (PEP Members Only)

2:00-6:00 Educational Exhibit Area Open Ballroom A/Foyer

2:00-4:00 Postal Committee Meeting Grand F (Everyone welcome)

4:00-6:00 Elections Legislation Committee Meeting Grand G (Everyone welcome)

4:00-8:00 Registration Desk Open Pool-North Tower

6:00-7:30 Welcome Reception Pool-North Tower

Monday, August 21, 20178:00-3:00 Registration Desk Open Ballroom Foyer 8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast Ballroom A/Foyer8:00-7:00 Educational Exhibits Open Ballroom A/Foyer

All meetings today will be in the Grand Ballroom9:00-9:30 Welcome/Announcements

Neal Kelley, CERA. Orange County Registrar of Voters, Santa Ana, CATim Mattice, CERA, Executive Director, Election Center, Katy, TXErnie Hawkins, CERA, Program Chair, Election Center, Elk Grove, CA

9:30-10:00 Keynote Address Introduction: Dean Logan, CERA, Los Angeles County Registrar

Recorder/County Clerk, Norwalk, CA Honorable, Alex Padilla, California Secretary of State, Sacramento, CA

10:00-10:30 Presidential Commission ReportChristy McCormick, Commissioner, U.S. Election Assistance

Commission, Silver Spring MD

10:30-10:50 Educational Exhibits Ballroom A/Foyer

10:50-11:00 Legislative UpdateA review of pending and proposed federal and state voter registration and elections legislation DavidStafford,CERA,SupervisorofElections,Pensacola,FLPat Gill, County Clerk, CERA, Sioux City, IA

11:00-11:45 Polling Place Line Management Moderator:Dean Logan, CERA, Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder/County

Clerk, Norwalk, CA Speaker:Charles Stewart III, Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Political

Science, Cambridge, MA

11:45-12:30 EAC Report and Homeland SecuritySpeakers: Matt Masterson, Chair, U.S. Election Assistance Commission, Silver Spring, MDSpeaker from Homeland Security: TBA

12:30-2:00 No Host Luncheon

2:00-4:00 Professional Practices Presentations “and the winner is…”Vicki Davis, CERA, Martin County Supervisor of Elections, Stuart, FL

6:00-7:00 No Host Cocktails in Exhibit Area Ballroom Foyer

7:00-11:00 Evening Event Ticket Required (One included with Registration fee. Extra tickets available. See elsewhere in the brochure.) Grand Ballroom

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

8:00-10:30 Registration Desk Open Ballroom Foyer

8:00-11:00 Educational Exhibit Area Open Ballroom A/ Foyer

8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast Ballroom A/Foyer

9:00-11:00 Professional Practices Winner Exhibits Garden Room 4Vicki Davis, CERA, Martin County Supervisor of Elections, Stuart, FL

9:00-10:30 Concurrent Discussion Groups

Breakout #1 Garden Room 1Professional Measurement Project Capturing Data on Election Budgets and ResourcesMitchell Brown, Professor, Auburn University, Auburn University, ALKathleen Hale, Professor, Auburn University, Auburn University, AL

Breakout #2 Garden Room 2The 2016 Elections in Review(DidthePCEAmakeadifference?Wasitbetterthan2012?Clues for gearing up for 2018.)Moderator:

Neal Kelly, CERA, Orange County Registrar of Voters, Santa Ana, CASpeakers:Rick Hasen, Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science, University of California.

Irvine, CA Mindy Romero, Director, California Civil Engagement Project,

University of California Davis, Davis, CAJustin Levitt, Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Law, Loyola

Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA

Breakout #3 Garden Room 3Language AccessModerator:Dean Logan, CERA, Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder/County

Clerk, Norwalk, CASpeakers:Ofelia Medina, Director of State civil Engagement Policy, National Association of

LatinoElectedandAppointedOfficialsEducationalFund,LosAngeles,CADeanna Kitamura, Project Manager, Asian Americans Advancing Justice,

Voting Rights Project, Los Angeles, CAJesse Salinas, Yolo County Clerk-Recorder-Assessor, Woodland, CANathan Valderas, Operation Manager, King County WA, Renton, WAJonathanStein,StaffAttorneyandProgramManager,VotingRightsProgram,AsianAmericans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus, Los Angeles, CA

Breakout #4Visit Educational Exhibits Ballroom A/Foyer

10:30-11:00 Educational Exhibits Ballroom A/Foyer

11:00-12:00 Concurrent Discussion Groups

Breakout #1 Garden Room 1Members ForumTell us what you really, really want……All Board Members and Executive Director

Breakout #2 Garden Room 2Technology Advances in Voter Registration and ElectionsModerator:

Dean Logan, CERA, Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder/County Clerk, Norwalk, CA

Speakers:Noah Praetz, CERA, Cook County, Director of Elections, Chicago, ILAmber McReynolds, CERA, Denver City/County, Director of Elections, Denver, COChris Jerdonek, President, San Francisco Elections Commission, San Francisco, CA

Breakout #3 Garden Room 3Nuts and Bolts of Voter Registration AcquisitionContract negotiations and Contract WritingMatt Masterson, Chair, U.S. Election Assistance Commission, Silver Spring, MD

12:00-2:30 CERA Graduation Luncheon -Ticket Required Grand Ballroom

2:30-3:30 Concurrent Discussion Groups

Breakout #1 Garden Room 1Alternate Voting Methods in the US: Cumulative, Limited and Ranked ChoiceGary Bartlett, Former North Carolina State Election Director, Goldsboro, NCRobert Montjoy, University Research and Deblois Endowment Professor,

University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

Breakout #2 Garden Room 2Security TaskforceModerators:Chris Chambless, CERA, Clay County Supervisor of Elections, Green

Cove Springs, FLNoah Praetz, CERA, Cook County Director of Elections, Chicago, ILSpeakers:Security Taskforce Members

3:30-4:30 Concurrent Discussion GroupsBreakout #1 Garden Room 3Open mic-What’s on your mind?Tom Wilkey, Election Consultant, Loudonville, NY

Breakout #2 Garden Room 2Military and Overseas Voters UpdateDavid Beirne, CERA, Director, FVAP, Alexandria, VA

Wednesday, August 23, 20179:00-4:30 Post Conference Tour - Ticket required Meet in the hotel lobby at 8:45

LIFETIME MEMBERSHIPHALL OF FAME

Lifetime Memberships are awarded free membership in perpetuity for the life ofthe person named as a Life Member. These are awarded by the Board of Directorsfor service to the profession and to the Election Center and entitle the Life Memberto attend events and sessions at member costs.

The Election Center Hall of Fame recipients are nominated by the Board of Directorsof The Election Center. They must have been in the election profession for at leastten years and must have participated not only in his or her own community, butalso at the state level. They must have worked at the national level for a least oneelection organization and must have been a leader of such an organization (officer,committee chair, for example). The recipient must have earned the respect and trustand be recognized among his or her peers as having an excellent office operation.The winners must also have furthered the profession through conduct and actions.

Following are the recipients of these awards:

Life MembersJane CarrollErnie HawkinsYvonne Smith Connie Schmidt Donetta Davidson Tom Wilkey Theresa LePore Robert Montjoy Robert Parten Cathy Pearsall-StipekAlice MillerJill LaVineJulie PearsonDoug LewisPat Hallarn

Hall of FameErnie HawkinsJane CarrollTom WilkeyRobert PartenRobert MontjoyDick SmolkaConnie SchmidtDonetta DavidsonDoug LewisAlice MillerKevin Kennedy

1985 New Orleans, LA1986 San Diego, CA1987 Phoenix, AZ1988 San Francisco, CA1989 Reno, NV1990 Washington, DC1991 San Antonio, TX1992 Nashville, TN1993 Los Angeles, CA1994 New Orleans, LA1995 Chicago, IL1996 Boston, MA1997 Atlanta, GA1998 San Diego, CA1999 Orlando, FL2000 San Francisco, CA2001 New Orleans, LA2002 San Antonio, TX2003 Bal Harbour, FL2004 Washington, DC2005 Beverly Hills, CA2006 Chicago, IL2007 New Orleans, LA2008 Dallas, TX2009 San Diego, CA2010 Orlando, FL2011 San Antonio, TX2012 Boston, MA2013 Savannah, GA2014 San Francisco, CA2015 Houston, TX2016 Philadelphia,PA2017 Orange County, CA

33 YEARS OF NATIONAL CONFERENCES

…………to contact The Election Center

National Office21946 Royal Montreal Drive, Suite 100Katy, TX 77450VOICE (281) 396-4309FAX (281) 396-4315EMAIL services@electioncenter.org

Conference Office/Consulting OfficeP. O. Box 965Elk Grove, CA 95759VOICE (916) 686-7928FAX (916) 686-8874EMAIL conferences@electioncenter.org

FUTURE ELECTION CENTERCONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND MEETINGS

All courses are subject to change

2018

January 9-12 JEOLCRitz Carlton HotelAlexandria, Virginia

February 28 - March 4 Special WorkshopHyatt Regency HotelSan Antonino, TexasCourse #1, #2 and TBA

April 25-29 Special WorkshopHyatt Recency HotelMilwaukee, WisconsinCourses #3, #4, and TBA

May 7-12 PEP Special SessionAuburn UniversityAuburn, AlabamaCourses, #9, #10, #11, #12

July 7-17 PEP Summer SessionSanibel Harbor HotelFort Meyers, FloridaCourses #6, #7, #8, #9, #10

August 25-29 34rd Annual National ConferenceNew Orleans Sheraton HotelNew Orleans, LouisianaCourses #5, #6, and two renewal courses TBA

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