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We will host a panel of three experts and advocates on voting issues who will address the Right to Vote - with some time for Q&A. Meet our panel:

Chris Kaiser. Chris Kaiser is the Policy Director at the ACLU of Virginia, where he is responsible for advancing the organization’s public policy priorities. He has spent 15 years advocating on voting rights and other civil rights issues in Southern state legislatures and local governments. Previously, Chris was the Advocacy Director for the ACLU of Louisiana, where he led the organization’s redistricting advocacy during the most recent Census cycle. He holds a law degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Law.

Rachel Loria. Ms Loria is an attorney and a Senior Disability Rights Advocate at disAbility Law Center (dLCV) of Virginia where she uses her own experiences and knowledge daily to help others who encounter obstacles with voting and/or Vocational Rehabilitation.
She has worked at dLCV for 10 years and spent over 15 working in the disability system throughout the state including Partnership for People with Disabilities and Virginia Board for People with Disabilities.
It has been her honor to work with people who have disabilities throughout Virginia and try to create a better Virginia, one self-advocate at a time.

Matthew Russett. Matthew is a second-year William & Mary Law School law student and is currently co-president of the Election Law Society and an Election Law Program Research Fellow. Last year, Matthew was a lead organizer of William & Mary’s Election Law Symposium on voting rights for former felons. Before law school, Matthew was a congressional aide to Congressman Richard Neal (MA-01) and worked in the state and Washington D.C. offices and on various United States House and Senate campaigns.

Our Moderator: Thomas (Tommy ) K. Norment, Jr. We are pleased to have as our moderator Attorney Thomas (Tommy) K. Norment, Jr., former Republican Majority Leader of the Virginia Senate. A graduate of James Blair High School in Williamsburg, Tommy attended Virginia Military Institute and the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William & Mary. In 1987, Tommy was elected to the James City County Board of Supervisors. He served as Chairman of the Board in 1991 before being elected to the Senate of Virginia.
Tommy maintains an active role in the community. He is a member of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation’s Board of Trustees and the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation’s Board of Directors. He is on the Hampton Roads Board of Directors of TowneBank and he chairs the Williamsburg Board of TowneBank. Tommy is also a member of the Williamsburg Area Chamber of Commerce and the James City County Ruritan Club. Professionally, Tommy is an attorney with Kaufman and Canoles, P.C.
During his 30 years in the Senate of Virginia, Tommy has been elected by his colleagues to serve as both Majority and Minority Leader of the Senate Republicans.