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Timely Topics The Importance of Judicial Elections
Join us at Meredith College for Timely Topics on October 16th at 5:30pm. Our guest panelists include N.C. Court of Appeals Judge Donna Stroud, former N.C. Court of Appeals Judge Lucy Inman and Melissa Price Kromm. The discussion will be moderated by Meredith Asst. Professor Whitney Ross Manzo and Meredith student (and LWV-Wake member) Lily Barnett.
This event will feature a panel discussion about the importance of a fair and impartial judiciary, and how judicial candidates navigate the elections process in North Carolina.
Guest Panelists:
Judge Donna Stroud
Judge Lucy Inman
Melissa Price Kromm
Melissa Price Kromm is the Executive Director of North Carolina For the People and N.C. For the People Action where she has served as the leader of the statewide pro-democracy coalition for the past fourteen years. The coalition coordinates advocacy in structural democracy, voting rights, campaign finance reform, government ethics, and transparency, redistricting reform, judicial independence, the right to protest, and election crisis prevention. Price Kromm led efforts to pass campaign finance disclosure reform, voting rights reform, and stop attacks on judicial independence. Recently, Price Kromm led the coalition to stop bills promoting campaign finance secrecy, attacking the freedom to vote, limiting the right to protest, and spearheaded pioneering legislation to prevent election subversion. Before joining, Kromm was part of a successful effort to pass same-day voter registration at early voting sites in North Carolina and pre-registration of 16 and 17-year-olds.