IOP Forum Committee Chairman Ibrahim A. Khan ’14 said the event was the first in a series of four discussions on controversial political topics to be held before Election Day. Khan said that the dispute over voter ID laws first caught the Forum organizers’ attention when it came up during the Black Policy Conference at the Kennedy School last spring.“
We figured it’s probably a good idea to go into the idea more,” Khan said.
Zachary D. Herring ’13, who attended the event and asked a question of the panel members, also said that despite the tension, he thought the debate was productive.
—Staff writer Samuel Y. Weinstock can be reached at sweinstock@college.harvard.edu.
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:
CORRECTION: Sept. 14
An earlier version of this article misspelled the name of IOP Forum Committee Chairman Ibrahim A. Khan ’14.