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Monday, Oct. 26 | 12-1 p.m. PT / 2-3 p.m. CT / 3-4 p.m. ET |
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| The Nov. 3 midterm elections present immediate opportunity for the public health community to put its collective power into practice. But protecting election integrity takes more than knowing what’s on our ballots and making sure we’re registered to vote. We need to ensure that our communities can vote freely and fairly, that their votes are counted and that election results are upheld.
Recent efforts to restrict voting access have raised concerns about election integrity. Efforts to undermine elections are a well-documented threat to democracy, and they can include disrupting voting, creating chaos and sowing doubt, or trying to block certification when results don’t go a certain way. Public health has a role to play before, during and after the election. We can make these tactics backfire through encouraging broad voter participation, proving and enforcing results and preparing ourselves for attempts to subvert the process. Join Health in Partnership, the American Public Health Association, Protect Democracy, Health Begins, the National Public Health Coalition, Health Equity Community Collaborative and other partners for this free, one-hour webinar to learn what to expect, what’s at stake and how we can tak
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