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Hungry for more political discourse?
Lonna Rae Atkeson, a University of New Mexico professor and Regents’ Lecturer who studies the political process, will answer questions about the election and efforts to improve future elections when she delivers a talk Monday during the monthly luncheon meeting of Albuquerque Press Women, which is open to the public.
One of the state’s foremost authorities on voter issues and politics, Atkeson is a professor in UNM’s Political Science Department and is also working with Brigham Young University’s Center for Study of Elections and Democracy on a national study of campaigns in competitive congressional elections and presidential battleground states, including New Mexico.
“The results of that research have significantly expanded what we know about how political parties, candidates and groups communicate with voters,” Atkeson wrote in a recent letter to League of Women Voters members, which asked for their participation in the research.
This research, she said:
… will provide information critical to ongoing efforts to improve elections in the United States and evaluate recent reforms. In addition, the research will provide us all with a better understanding of how the democratic process operates in America.
Atkeson headed up the League of Women Voters’ mail monitoring project before this year’s election.
The luncheon will be held at 11:45 a.m. at the MCM Elegante Hotel, 2020 Menaul Blvd. NE in Albuquerque (just east of University). Reservations are required by contacting Janet Ford at presswomen@yahoo.com or (505) 720-7821. Cost is $15 for APW members and $21 for nonmembers and your reservation is your commitment to pay (even if you don’t show up).
