Agenda Mid-Atlantic Regional Hearing October 14, 2005 • 10:00 A.M. Arnold & Porter, LLP 555 12th Street, NW, Washington, DC Commission Members National Commissioners Charles Mathias, Honorary Chairman; Bill Lann Lee, Chairman; Hon. John Buchanan; Chandler Davidson; Dolores Huerta; Elsie Meeks; Charles Ogletree, Joe Rogers Guest Commissioners Karen Narasaki, President & Executive Director, Asian American Justice Center Robert Raben, Principal, the Raben Group on behalf of the National Council of La Raza States Covered Virginia, Maryland, National Experts & Supplemental Testimony Click panelist's name to view testimony 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Chair: Call to Order 10:30 AM– 12:00 PM First Panel: • Hon. Melvin Watt, Congressman Representing the 12th District of North Carolina • Sam Hirsch, Partner, Jenner & Block • J. Gerald Hebert, Executive Director and Director of Litigation, The Campaign Legal Center • Jeffrey M. Wice, Adjunct Professor, Touro Law School • Juan Aguilar, Citizen Volunteer, Sunnyside Voter Registration Project 12:00 PM– 1:00 PM LUNCH BREAK 1:15 PM – 2:50 PM Second Panel: • Richard Valelly, Professor of Political Science, Swarthmore College • Mark Posner, Adjunct Professor, American University Washington College of Law & University of Maryland Law School • Robert Kengle, former deputy chief, Voting Section, Department of Justice • Kent Willis, Executive Director, ACLU of VA • Margaret Jurgensen, Elections Director, Montgomery County, MD 2:50 PM– 3:00 PM BREAK 3:00 PM– 3:45 PM Third Panel: Public Testimony 3:45 PM– 4:00 PM Closing Remarks Back to main page