A Progressive Viewpoint: Election Law and Voting Rights in Texas

Join us for a conversation with Mimi Marziani, a nationally recognized expert in voting rights and Texas politics, to explore the evolving landscape of election law and voter rights. Drawing on more than fifteen years of experience in constitutional law and civil rights advocacy, Marziani will discuss the legal and policy challenges shaping elections in Texas and their implications for voters and democracy. Free and open to the public. RSVP TO ATTEND HERE Speakers: Mimi Marzani (D) Mimi Marziani is a prominent civil rights litigator with more than fifteen years of experience in constitutional law and civil rights advocacy; she is a nationally recognized expert in voting rights and Texas politics. Ms. Marziani is commonly featured in the press, and has appeared in the Houston Chronicle, Dallas Morning News, Austin American-Statesman, Texas Tribune, New York Times, Washington Post, Guardian, Mother Jones, NPR, CNN and ABC News in recent years alone. She is a frequent speaker in a variety of public forums, and has testified before the U.S.Congress and other governmental bodies on numerous occasions. In 2020, she was recognized with an “Austin Under 40” award. In 2023, Ms. Marziani co-founded Marziani, Stevens & Gonzalez PLLC, a boutique law firm providing battle-tested legal counsel to politically active nonprofits, candidates, election officials and similar clients, focused on legal needs arising under Texas and federal law. For over a decade, Ms. Marziani has been a trusted lawyer and strategist for progressive candidates and campaigns in Texas, including running the first coordinated, statewide voter protection program for Texas Democrats in 2014. From 2016 to 2023, Ms. Marziani was the President of the Texas Civil Rights Project, a position she assumed in early 2016 at the age of 33. Under her leadership, TCRP tripled its budget and transformed into a national model for community lawyering, providing excellent legal representation to traditionally marginalized Texa...