Author of let the people pick the president. So we will jump right in with amber and i will ask her to make the case for why people should be able to vote from home and why particularly necessary now. Hello, thank you for having me. We have all seen the Public Health crisis that we have all facing has amended many aspects of our life and specific vulnerabilities in the inperson voting structure that many states rely on. In the western half of the United States we expanded vote by mail in many options and multipole of states even close to 70 of voters in western states cast ballot using mailballot in 2018 election. Thats not the case in many parts of our country. What our organization has been working on over the last couple of years is to expand and improve those voting at home systems around the country that havent had traditionally voting at home and the pandemic has really forced the issue to the forefront of election reforms. Our initial goal was to push it in terms of convenience
Unfortunate i cant in terms of you guys, i can call on you either if i have questions, so we both benefit from this new world we live in. Good. John, shall we appreciate you being here and many of them im sure appreciate you cant see them. I want to kick this off a jumper in the middle of this federalism debate. Federalism is about the division of authority amongst different lytic leaders at different levels. We have seen some governors be very aggressive in embracing shelter in place and stay at home orders to flatten the curve. Other governors have been more open, arguing the local conditions didnt warn what they did. Governors with were adopted vey rigorous shutdown policies have often been confronted by their citizens and city and local leaders with their authority. And overlaying it all is the federal government who have done some things to complement and sometimes to compete with what the local officials are doing. My good buddy steve and i talk with us a lot and his take on this
Readers. Good evening, welcome to murmur. I am stephanie valdes, coowner of humidity bookstore and m b, its also a hardcore indie bookstore crowd. Tonight were thrilled to welcome Rebecca Solnit on the publication date of her new book recollections of my nonexistence. She will be in conversation with Leslie Jamison area is no that there will not be assigning tonight after the event but Rebecca Solnit did arrive early to sign each and every one ofyour books. So Rebecca Solnit is the author of 20 books including a field guide to getting lost, the faraway nearby, a paradise built in hell, river shadows and wanderlust. A history of walking. She is also the author of essays on feminism, activism and social change, hope and also the climate crisis. A product of the California Public Education System in kindergarten to graduate school shes a regular contributor to the guardian. Leslie jamison is the author of the New York Times that sellers recovering and the empathy exam and the novel gin cl
[applause] now our guest rebecca is the author of more than 20 books including a field guide to getting lost, the faraway nearby, paradise built in hell, river shadows and wonder love, a history of walking, she is also the author of men explain things to me on feminism activism and social change, hope and also the crime it crisis. A product is a California Public Education System from can get into graduate school, shes a regular contributor to the guardian. Leslie jamison is the author of the New York Times bestseller recovery and empathy stands inis the novel. Shes a good tubing writer for New York Times magazine and her work has appeared in publications including in the quarterly review. She directs the graduate Nonfiction Program at columbiaa university. Please help me welcome rebecca and leslie jamison. [applause] before i started im not doing the book signings because its a more Perfect Technology for what people to handle objects and for all the people to handle all the objects a
Tonight we are thrilled to welcome Rebecca Solnit of the publication date of her new book recollections of my nonexistence. Please note there will not be a signing tonight after the event but Rebecca Solnit did arrive early to sign each and every one of your books. [applause]. And now a bit our guests, Rebecca Solnit is the author of more than 20 books including a field guide to getting lost, the faraway nearby, a paradise built in hell, rivers, shadows and wanderlust. A history of walking, shes also the author of. [inaudible] a product of the California Public Education System from kindergarten to graduate school she is a regular contributor to the guardian and lid hub. Leslie jamison is the author of the New York Times just sellers the recovering and empathy exams and the novel the gym closet. She is the contributing writer for New York Times magazine and her work has appeared in publications including the atlantic, harpers, New York Times book review, oxford american and virginia qu