Secretary Williams to speak at two public forums on elections

DENVER, Oct. 11, 2016 -- Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams this week will participate in two separate events designed to provide more information about elections.

Williams on Wednesday will discuss the pros and cons of the 2016 ballot initiatives at Arapahoe Community College. The public event is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. in the Waring Theatre on the Littleton campus, and will include a question-and-answer session.

Williams on Friday is one of the speakers at a half-day conference in Denver about how the state is increasingly using data. Gov. John Hickenlooper will kick off the event, which will be held from 9:30 a.m. to noon at History Colorado, 1200 Broadway. The conferenceis co-hosted by The Pew Charitable Trusts and Atlantic Media’s Route Fifty.

Williams is part of an elections panel, which is scheduled to start at 10:15 a.m. Appearing with him are Amber McReynolds, director of elections for the city and county of Denver, and Samuel Derheimer, manager of Pew’s election initiatives. It will be moderated by Michael Grass, executive editor of Route Fifty.

Wednesday's event: For more information, contact the Arapahoe Community College Student Life office at student.activities@arapahoe.edu or 303-797-5668.

Friday's event: Media should RSVP to Christina Nyquist at cnyquist@pewtrusts.org. Members of the public are invited to register here.