{"id":16329,"date":"2025-10-17T17:50:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T17:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/?p=16329"},"modified":"2025-10-17T18:03:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T18:03:22","slug":"democracy-reform-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/2025\/10\/17\/democracy-reform-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Democracy Reform Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16329\" class=\"elementor elementor-16329\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-56a1ae49 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"56a1ae49\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-621a8f17\" data-id=\"621a8f17\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ced8464 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ced8464\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"584\" height=\"292\" src=\"https:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Democracy-Summit_ethical-panel_blog-1024x512.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Democracy-Summit_ethical-panel_blog-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Democracy-Summit_ethical-panel_blog-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Democracy-Summit_ethical-panel_blog-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Democracy-Summit_ethical-panel_blog-500x250.png 500w, https:\/\/newsletters.asucollegeoflaw.com\/ilp\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/9\/files\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/Democracy-Summit_ethical-panel_blog.png 1067w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-378360aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"378360aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On Oct. 3, the Indian Legal Clinic cohosted the \u201cDemocracy Reform Summit: Removing Barriers to Native Political Participation\u201d\u00a0in partnership with the Native American Rights Fund and the Brennan Center for Justice. The summit brought together over 150 people working together to uncover both the challenges to equitable political engagement for tribal voters and the opportunities to cultivate it. Participants included experts in civic engagement, legal advocates and leading researchers to discuss strategies for expanding Native American political representation. <strong>Patty Ferguson-Bohnee<\/strong>, Indian Legal Clinic director and associate dean for Inclusive Excellence, hosted a roundtable discussion on the State of Play of Native Voting Rights at the Federal Level, which explored threats to the Voting Rights Act and prospects for strengthening it, the need to pass the Native American Voting Rights Act and the efforts to build a grassroots movement in support of federal Native voting rights legislation.<br \/><br \/>If you missed the event, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mediasite.law.asu.edu\/mediasite\/Channel\/fall2025-democracy-reform-summit-removing-barriers-to-native-political-participation\">review the recording<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Oct. 3, the Indian Legal Clinic cohosted the \u201cDemocracy Reform Summit: Removing Barriers to Native Political Participation\u201d\u00a0in partnership with the Native American Rights Fund and the Brennan Center for Justice. 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