The Voting Voyage with Joshua A. Douglas and Carolyn Dupont in conversation with Scott Jennings

Presented by The Kentucky Book Festival and Kentucky Humanities, this program is part of the main festival on November 2.

Joshua A. Douglas

The Court v. The Voters: The Troubling Story of How the Supreme Court Has Undermined Voting Rights

Joshua A. Douglas is a law professor at the University of Kentucky College of Law and legal expert invested and engaged in helping everyday people understand our elections. In The Court v. The Voters, he takes us behind the scenes of significant cases in voting rights—some surprising and unknown, some familiar—to investigate the historic crossroads that have irrevocably changed our elections and the nation.

Carolyn Renee Dupont

Distorting Democracy: The Forgotten History of the Electoral College–and Why It Matters Today

A contributing opinion writer for The Huffington Post and The Washington Post, Carolyn Dupont is Professor of History at Eastern Kentucky University, where she specializes in African American history and American religious history. By telling the story of the Electoral College’s origins, 237-year history, and surprising present-day operations, Distorting Democracy, her most recent book, shows how we ended up with this odd method for choosing our leader.

Scott Jennings is an American political strategist and writer. He is an on-air contributor for CNN and writes for CNN.com, USA Today, and the Los Angeles Times. Jennings is a native of Dawson Springs, Kentucky.