For our democratic system to work, public and private institutions, public officials, and citizens need to value facts and truthfulness. But recent years have witnessed mass disagreements over what is true and how to separate fact from fiction. Join our discussion ‘Pursuing Factual Consensus: What Does "Truth" Mean in the Public Square?’ to delve more deeply into how facts become established in the public mind and how truthfulness might be restored to our public discourse. RSVP HERE   Moderator: Jim Townsend - Director, Levin Center Panelists:   Jonathan Rauch Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution       Marc Hetherington Professor of…

Properly administered election audits are one of the most important tools states can use to improve voter confidence and election security. In 2020, however, state legislatures in multiple states used audits for the opposite goal of undermining the public's faith in elections and the electoral results themselves. Join us on April 14, as representatives from the Brennan Center for Justice and the R Street Institute discuss the audits that followed the last election cycle and explore options to strengthen oversight of our elections going forward. This virtual panel discussion is hosted by Wayne Law's Voting Rights and Election Law Society and the…