Political panel to be hosted in Great Hall Party representatives will be taking questions and debating on propositions for upcoming elections

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Eleven might sound like a daunting number of propositions to dig through for some aspiring voters this election season.

Have no fear– the Pierce College Day of Politics is set to pick up the slack.

The Day of Politics, a two-day event taking place on Sept. 27 and Oct. 11, was created to help student voters get the facts on all the propositions that will be on the upcoming ballot from both sides of the table, according to Dr. Denise Robb, Political Science professor at Pierce.

The official sponsor of the event is the Political Science, Economics, Criminology and Chicano Studies Department but the idea was formed by a number of professors, according to Robb.

“I was at a meeting with my colleagues and I said ‘why don’t we have a day when we go over all the propositions’,” Robb said. “And then somebody else said ‘and have all the candidates.”

The event was planned to be on two separate days due to the amount of propositions and topics on the ballot, Robb said.

The League of Women Voters is coming to Pierce to speak about many of the propositions from both sides on the Thursday, Sept. 27 portion of the event.

The League was started in 1920 even before the 19th ammendment,

“I really have no clue what the propositions all are. It’s my first time voting, I don’t want to go in and just guess.”

-Jared Williamson

which granted women the right to vote, according to their website.

“[The League of Women Voters is] a non-profit group that goes around the country to give nonpartisan information,” Robb said.

Green Party candidate for president, Dr. Jill Stein will be on campus for a 30-minute speech at 5 p.m., according to Robb.

Following Stein’s speech will be a 5-way debate from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

“We’ve got a representative from the Democratic National Committee, we have the Republican who ran against Brad Sherman, and we have representatives from the Libertarian, the Green and the Peace and Freedom parties,” Robb said.

On the Oct. 11 date, congressmen Brad Sherman and Howard Berman will be speaking as well as a number of Pierce College professors. Dr. James McKeever and Dr. Pamela Brown will be debating two propositions, 30 and 32, and professor Brian Walsh will be debating in favor of repealing the death penalty, according to Robb.