{"id":15016,"date":"2016-10-19T14:26:55","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T10:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/events.iliauni.edu.ge\/event\/professor-john-fortier-delivers-public-lecture-elections-in-united-states\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T13:38:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T09:38:39","slug":"professor-john-fortier-delivers-public-lecture-elections-in-united-states","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/events.iliauni.edu.ge\/en\/event\/professor-john-fortier-delivers-public-lecture-elections-in-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"PROFESSOR JOHN FORTIER DELIVERS PUBLIC LECTURE: ELECTIONS IN UNITED STATES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 21 October, 12:00, at Book House Ligamus of Ilia State University (ISU), at the invitation of US Embassy, a public lecture will be delivered by Prof. John Fortier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The topic of the lecture:<\/strong> Elections in the US<\/p>\n<p><strong>Regarding the speaker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>John C. Fortier is the director of BPC\u2019s Democracy Project. Prior to joining BPC in April 2011, he was a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he served as the principal contributor to the AEI-BrookingsElection Reform Project, the executive director of the Continuity of Government Commission, and the project manager of the Transition to Governing Project. He was a regular contributor to AEI\u2019s Election Watch series. He also served as the director of the Center for the Study of American Democracy at Kenyon College.<\/p>\n<p>Fortier is the author of Absentee and Early Voting: Trends, Promises and Perils, the author and editor of After the People Vote: A Guide to the Electoral College, and the author and co-editor with Norman Ornstein of Second Term Blues: How George W. Bush Has Governed, and numerous academic articles in political science and law journals.<\/p>\n<p>Fortier has been a regular columnist for The Hill and Politico. Fortier is a frequent commentator on elections and government institutions and has appeared on ABC\u2019s Nightline, CNN, Fox News, PBS\u2019s News Hour, CBS News, NBC\u2019s Today Show, C-SPAN, NPR, Bloomberg, and BBC. He has taught at Kenyon College, University of Pennsylvania, University of Delaware, Harvard University and Boston College.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The language of the lecture:<\/strong> English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time<\/strong>: 21 October, 12:00<\/p>\n<p><strong>Venue:<\/strong> Book House \u201cLigamus,\u201d Chavchavadze Ave. #32, ISU<\/p>\n<p>All are welcomed to attend the event.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-15016 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/events.iliauni.edu.ge\/en\/event\/professor-john-fortier-delivers-public-lecture-elections-in-united-states\/38218-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/events.iliauni.edu.ge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/38218-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>[wpai_display_imported_files_here]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 21 October, 12:00, at Book House Ligamus of Ilia State University (ISU), at the invitation of US Embassy, a public lecture will be delivered by Prof. John Fortier. 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