Starting at 7 p.m. Kyiv time on Nov. 3, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) Ukraine will host a two-hour webinar about the U.S. presidential election today.
“Join us to learn about American elections, draw a comparison on the strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. and Ukrainian electoral systems, hear first-hand information on the progress of the ongoing election, and to draw parallels with the Ukrainian elections to see what Ukraine can learn from the U.S vote. Prominent Ukrainian and American political scientists, experts, election observers will meet to bring their valuable insights and reflect on the global impact of this year’s U.S. elections, in particular, for Ukraine,” according to the organizers.
Registration is here.
Simultaneous English-Ukrainian interpretation, as well as sign language interpretation into Ukrainian, will be provided.
The speakers will discuss:
- Impact of COVID-19 and key challenges of this year’s elections;
- Campaigning and influence of social media, disinformation;
- Guaranteeing the rights of people with disabilities in the U.S. and Ukrainian elections;
- U.S. electoral system;
- The role of primaries;
- Global impact of this year’s U.S. elections, specifically, for Ukraine.
The full agenda of the event can be found here.
The speakers include:
- Beata Martin-Rozumiłowicz, Director for Europe and Eurasia, IFES
- Sarah Oh, Election Observer, Arizona, USA
- Oleksandra Cholovska, Electoral Law Expert, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv;
- Mindy Walker, Election Campaign Manager, USA
- Yevhen Mahda, Director of Institute of World Policy
- Volodymyr Fesenko, Director of the Penta Center for Political Analysis;
- Oleksiy Haran, Professor of Comparative Political Science, National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Scientific Director of the Democratic Initiatives Foundation;
- Iryna Tekuchova, Inclusion manager of the NGO “Fight for Right”;
- Serhiy Postivyi, Member of the CEC of Ukraine, Coordinator for the Implementation and Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
A full list of speakers’ short bios can be found here.
Ask speakers a question in advance and receive an answer to it live.
To help everyone understand this important electoral process, IFES provides Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Elections in the United States: 2020 General Elections, as well as useful articles U.S. election 2020 A really simple guide and Here is How the 2020 U.S. Elections Resemble those of Fragile Democracies.
Please download the latest version of Zoom for this webinar.
