ENACT: The Educational Network for Active Civic Transformation

Make your Vote Count - a Voting Rights Discussion

January 18, 2024

“Make Your Vote Count! A Voting Rights Discussion” brought together policy experts from Common Cause, MassVote, and Brandeis University on January 18th in the International Lounge in the Usdan Student Center.

ENACT faculty and Yoni Kahn speak at Make Your Vote Count 2024.

Click the photo above to view video of the event.

ENACT Your Vote Student Fellow Yoni Kahn ’25 moderated a conversation with Prof. Zachary Albert of the Brandeis University Politics Department; Marisol Santiago, Policy and Organizing Director for MassVOTE; and Aaron Scherb, Senior Director of Legislative Affairs for Common Cause.

ENACT staff and Yoni Kahn speak at Make Your Vote Count.

The panelists discussed current challenges facing voting, and efforts underway to address those challenges, followed by a Q&A with an engaged audience of Brandeis students who were joined on Zoom by ENACT Faculty Fellow Victor Eno and his students at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University.

ENACT Your Vote tabled during the event, signing up Brandeis students to receive voting updates. ENACT Your Vote is a non-partisan initiative to encourage voter participation and civic engagement supported by ENACT: The Educational Network for Active Civic Transformation.

Sign up for ENACT Your Vote to get voting-related support and reminders as well as to earn points for civic engagement activities that you can redeem for Brandeis prizes.

This event was funded by the ENACT Educate & Advocate Grant and the Brenda Meehan Social Justice in Action Grant. It was cosponsored by ENACT: The Educational Network for Active Civic Transformation, the VoteDeis Campus Coalition, the Brandeis University Student Union, Brandeis Democrats, and Brandeis University Young Americans for Liberty.

ENACT Educate & Advocate Grants provide up to $1,000 to support events planned by Brandeis University undergraduate students. Apply online.