Conference: Understanding Democracy, Elections, and Political Accountability

这次“理解民主、选举和政治问责制”会议评估了一项重要的高等法院判决如何影响投票、选举管理和在判决后的十年中行使投票权。在会议期间，12至15名与会者将发表和讨论论文，并通过社区外展参与翻译贡献。会议将提供十年来对投票程序的法律变化对投票权保护和选民参与的影响的回顾性社会科学检查，这将对政治科学家、社会学家、律师和社区团体有用。会议的主题包括选举法、投票权、与投票权有关的高等法院判决、重新划分选区、选举参与和民主问责制。会议由来自MSI， HBCU和PWI的学者组织。参与者包括组委会，至少9名来自政治科学和法律学术界的初级和高级学者，本科生和研究生，以及当地社区兴趣专家。会议还包括与密西西比州杰克逊社区进行面向公众的接触。本次会议将评估一项重要的高等法院裁决如何影响投票、选举管理和在裁决后的十年中行使投票权。在会议期间，12至15名与会者将发表和讨论论文，并通过社区外展参与翻译贡献。会议将提供十年来对投票程序的法律变化对投票权保护和选民参与的影响的回顾性社会科学检查，这将对政治科学家、社会学家、律师和社区团体有用。会议的主题包括选举法、投票权、与投票权有关的高等法院判决、重新划分选区、选举参与和民主问责制。会议由来自MSI， HBCU和PWI的学者组织。参与者包括组委会，至少9名来自政治科学和法律学术界的初级和高级学者，本科生和研究生，以及当地社区兴趣专家。会议还包括与密西西比州杰克逊社区进行面向公众的接触。会议成果包括一套在2024年南方政治科学协会年会上发表的会议论文。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This “Understanding Democracy, Elections, and Political Accountability” conference assesses how an important high court decision affects access to the ballot, election administration, and the exercise of the right to vote in the ten years after the decision. During the conference, twelve to 15 conference participants present and discuss papers and participate in translational contributions through community-based outreach. The conference will provide a 10-year retrospective social science examination of the effects of legal changes to voting procedures on voting rights protections and voter participation that will be useful for political scientists, sociologists, lawyers, and community groups. Topics of the conference include election law, voting rights, high court decisions related to voting rights, redistricting, electoral participation, and democratic accountability. The conference is organized by scholars from a MSI, a HBCU, and a PWI. Participants include the organizing committee, at least nine junior and senior scholars from across political science and legal academia, undergraduate and graduate students, and local community-of-interest experts. The conference also includes public-facing engagement with the Jackson, Mississippi community. This conference assesses how an important high court decision affects access to the ballot, election administration, and the exercise of the right to vote in the ten years after the decision. During the conference, twelve to 15 conference participants present and discuss papers and participate in translational contributions through community-based outreach. The conference will provide a 10-year retrospective social science examination of the effects of legal changes to voting procedures on voting rights protections and voter participation that will be useful for political scientists, sociologists, lawyers, and community groups. Topics of the conference include election law, voting rights, high court decisions related to voting rights, redistricting, electoral participation, and democratic accountability. The conference is organized by scholars from a MSI, a HBCU, and a PWI. Participants include the organizing committee, at least nine junior and senior scholars from across political science and legal academia, undergraduate and graduate students, and local community-of-interest experts. The conference also includes public-facing engagement with the Jackson, Mississippi community. Products of the conference include a set of conference papers presented at the 2024 Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.