The League of Women Voters Presents a Panel Discussion on Tuesday, November 10, 7:00-8:30 PM on Zoom
As we have seen in the 2026 midterm election, mis- and disinformation are increasingly widespread in our media landscape of polarization, algorithms, artificial intelligence, and unlimited corporate spending on elections. This poses a grave threat not just to our electoral system, but to our very democracy.
Our expert panel will share thoughts on how can we arm ourselves and others to counter this threat by educating ourselves and the public in how to spot distortion, half-truths, and deception.
- Paul Gronke is founding director of the Elections & Voting Information Center (EVIC), Senior Fellow at the Center for Public Service at Portland State University, and an emeritus professor of political science at Reed College. Under Gronke’s leadership, EVIC has become a national center of excellence for policy research into election administration, reform, and integrity.
- Shannon Grimes is the Lead Researcher with the Sightline Institute’s Democracy program, whose core mission is fixing the broken systems that empower extremists, shut out voters, and limit real choice. Grimes’s work focuses on advancing electoral reforms in Washington and Oregon, and correcting “malinformation” used by political opposition to undermine electoral reforms.
This virtual webinar is held free of charge and open to the public. To receive a Zoom link, register in advance. The program will be recorded for rebroadcast by MetroEast Community Media and will be available by video and podcast from our website.
Funding for the production is provided by the League of Women Voters of Portland and the Carol and Velma Saling Foundation.
