Video Presentation and Discussion - The Unitarian Church in Summit

The Unitarian Church In Summit is hosting The Citizen’s United Decision and the Election Process Video Presentation and Discussion.  This event will take place this evening at 7:30pm in the Sanctuary.

The impact of the January 2010 Supreme Court decision, frequently called, “Citizens United”, has had an unprecedented impact on the election process.  This video produced and distributed by the UULMNJ Economic Justice Task Force helps its viewers to understand the impact of the decision and what we can do on the local level

The 1st speaker is Greg Nagy, retired Director of the NJ Election Law Enforcement Commission, and practicing attorney in the area of campaign finance, lobbying regulation and ethics; gives a brief history of election financing legislation, including the Citizens United and describes the impact of each with simplicity and even humor.

The second speaker is Heather Taylor, Communications Director for Citizens Campaign and coordinator of the NJ Online News Resource Group; describes NJ Legislation initiated by the Citizens Campaign and approved in 2005.  This law is intended to prevent Pay-to-Play at the State level.  Heather also describes ways we can influence our Town County governments to adopt policies to prevent Pay-to-Play at the local level.

Reverend Craig Hirshberg Executive Director of UULMNJ moderates a panel of speakers and then takes questions from the audience.  Ted Brewer and Lorraine Wearley will present the video and facilitate a discussion afterward.  All are welcome.