***MEDIA ALERT***
What:
Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie (D – Ward 5), Chairperson of the Committee on Government Operations, will convene a public roundtable on the feasibility of converting to a public financing model for elections in District of Columbia.
Various jurisdictions around the country have enacted legislation converting their campaign financing systems to public or quasi-public financing models. The roundtable will also provide an opportunity for the committee to hear from witnesses on best practices from their jurisdictions and get a better understanding about financing publicly-funded elections.
When:
Thursday, July 11, 2013
11 a.m.
Where:
Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20004
Who:
Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie, Chair of the Committee on Government Operations
Media Contact:
Darrell Jackson, Communications Director
202.355.4257, djackson@dccouncil.us
AGENDA AND WITNESS LIST
- A. CALL TO ORDER
- B. OPENING REMARKS
- C. WITNESSES
Public Witnesses
- Rep. Margaret Rotundo*, Maine House of Representatives
- Rep. Gary Holder-Winfield*, Connecticut House of Representatives
- Sam Wercinski*, Arizona Advocacy Network
- Jonathan Wayne*, Maine Committee on Government Ethics and Election Practices
- Nolan Treadway, ANC Commissioner, ANC 5C07
- Bob Summersgill, ANC Commissioner, ANC 3F07
- Dorothy Brizill, D.C. Watch
- David Schwartzman, D.C. Statehood Green Party
- Shelley Tomkin, Public Witness
- Bryan Weaver, Public Witness
- Jerry Clark, D.C. for Democracy
- Craig Holman, Public Citizen
- Shane Larson, Communication Workers of America
- Joslyn Williams, Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO
- Kurt Walters, Public Campaign
- Susan Anderson, Public Campaign
- Keshini Ladduwahetty, Public Witness
- Jesse Lovell, Public Witness
- Michael Sindram, D.C. Justice for All
- Karen Hobert Flynn, Common Cause
- Susan Lerner, Common Cause
- Matt Nese, Center for Competitive Politics
Executive Witnesses
Ariel Levinson-Waldman, Senior Counsel to the Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General
D. ADJOURNMENT
* Witness will be appearing via video conferencing
