Who's Who in Election Technology
Election Technology Library
This is intended to be a comprehensive list of election technology professionals and those related to election technology. The Election Technology Library is a work in progress. Know someone or something who's missing? Contact us.
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| Kim Alexander | President and Founder | California Voter Foundation | Kim Alexander is president and founder of the California Voter...more | via web-form | |
| Michael Alvarez | Co-director | Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project |
Professor of Political Science, Caltech University | site | |
| Stephen Ansolabehere | Professor of Political Science | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | elections, democracy, mass media | member, Caltech\MIT Voting Technology Project | |
| Dr. Andrew Appel | Professor of Computer Science | Princeton University | computer science | site | |
| Matt Bishop | Professor | University of California at Davis, Department of Computer Science | Computer security | site | |
| Matt Blaze | Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science | University of Pennsylvania | Secure Systems and Cryptology, Trust Management, Technology and Public Policy | site | |
| Secretary Debra Bowen | Secretary of State | California | site | ||
| Kim Brace | President | Election Data Services |
election administration, election statistics, redistricting | ||
| Doug Chapin | Director | Electionline.org |
election administration,election policy | ||
| Dr. David Chaum | NA | Cryptography, electronic cash transactions | Introduced the crpytographic concept of blind signatures. | chaum.com | |
| Lillie Coney | Associate Director | Electronic Privacy Information Center | nanotechnology, surveillance, children's privacy...more | site | |
| Dr. Lorrie Cranor | Associate Research Professor | School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University | online privacy, electronic security and usability | Dr. Cranor co-edited the book Security and Usability (O'Reilly | lorrie.cranor.org |
| Donetta Davidson | Chairman | US Election Assistance Commission (EAC) |
election administration, voting technology implementation | Formerly Colorado's secretary of state | |
| Dr. David Dill | Founder | VerifiedVoting.org | Computer science | Professor of Computer Science, Stanford University | site |
| Jim Dixon | VP, Government Affairs | American Association of People with Disabilities | accessibility | ||
| Ed Felten | Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs | Princeton University | computer security, electronic privacy, technology law and policy | Director, Center for Information Technology Policy | site |
| Edward (Ned) Foley | Director of Election Law at Moritz College of Law | Ohio State University | election law, campaign finance, 527 organizations...more | site | |
| Joseph Lorenzo Hall | PhD Student | University of California, Berkeley | |||
| Thad Hall | Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science | University of Utah | election administration, voting technology implementation | Member, Caltech-MIT Voting Technology Project | site |
| Bev Harris | Founder and Director | BlackBoxVoting.org | |||
| Richard Hasen | William H. Hannon Distinguished Professor of Law Chair | Loyola University | election law | site | |
| Paul Herrnson | Director | Center for American Politics and Citizenship |
voting technology, ballot design | Professor in the Department of Government and Politics at the...more | |
| Steven Hertzberg | Project Director | Election Science Institute |
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| Gracia Hillman | Commissioner | US Election Assistance Commission (EAC) |
voting rights, nonprofit management, public policy and program development | Served as Executive Director of the League of Women Voters | |
| Harry Hochheiser | Assistant Professor, Department of Computer and Information Sciences | Towson University | usability, computer-human interaction | ||
| S. Candice Hoke | Associate Professor of Law | Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, CSU | election law | site | |
| Rush Holt | Congressman (D, NJ-12) | US House of Representatives | Introduced the "Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act" (H.R.550) | holt.house.gov | |
| Harri Hursti | Independent computer security consultant | NA | computer security | Consulted with Black Box Voting to demonstrate security vulnerability of...more | |
| David Jefferson | Computer Scientist | The Center for Applied Scientific Computing (CASC) | election security, electronic voting | Chair, California Secretary of State's Voting Systems Technical Assessment and...more | site |
| Douglas Jones | Associate Professor of Computer Science | University of Iowa | computer science, computer security | cs.uiowa.edu/~jones | |
| R. Doug Lewis | Director | Election Center | election administration | contact | |
| Ray Martinez III | Commissioner (former) | US Election Assistance Commission (EAC) |
Served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs...more | ||
| Kay Maxwell | President (former) | League of Women Voters | pyblic administration, voting rights | ||
| Dr. Rebecca Mercuri | President | Notable Software, Inc. | interactive systems, microprocessor applications, computer security and forensics | site | |
| Lawrence D. Norden | Counsel | Brennan Center for Justice |
voting technology | site | |
| Whitney Quesenbery | Usability Specialist | Whitney Interactive Design | Usability | site | |
| Dr. Ron Rivest | Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | cryptography | Member of the EAC's Technical Guildines Development Committee member, Caltech\MIT...more |
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| Marc Rotenberg | Founder and Director | Electronic Privacy Information Center | privacy issues | ||
| Avi Rubin | Director | A Center for Correct, Usable, Reliable, Auditable and Transparent Elections (ACCURATE) |
Computer security | Professor of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University | avirubin.com |
| Roy Saltman | Independent Researcher | NA | voting systems, audits and accuracy, voting history | Author of The History and Politics of Voting Technology....more | |
| Bruce Schneier | NA | cryptography, computer security | |||
| Dr. Ted Selker | Co-Director | Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project |
ballot design, election technology | Dr. Selker is co-director of the Caltech-MIT Voting Technology Project...more | site |
| Hratch Semerjian | Chief Scientist | National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) |
technology,standards | Dr. Semerjian served as both acting NIST director (November 2004...more | |
| Dr. Michael Shamos Ph.D., J.D. | Professor, School of Computer Science | Carnegie Mellon University | computer security, electronic voting, digital libraries...more | site | |
| Dr. Barbara Simons | President (former) | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) | Was President of ACM from July 1998 until June 2000. | ||
| Warren D. Smith | Co-founder | RangeVoting.org | election methods | site | |
| DeForest Soaries Jr. | Chairman (former) | US Election Assistance Commission (EAC) |
election administration | Former New Jersey Secretary of State | |
| Charles Stewart III | Professor | Massachusetts Institute of Technology< | American politics, political institutions, elections | member, Caltech\MIT Voting Technology Project | site |
| Warren Stewart | Policy Director | VoteTrustUSA | Advocacy | site | |
| Daniel Tokaji | Associate Director of Election Law at Moritz College of Law | Ohio State University | election law, voting rights, voting technology law...more | Author of the blog, Equal Vote | site |
| Dr. David Wagner | Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science | University of California, Berkeley | software security, electronic voting, wireless security | Member of ACCURATE | site |
| Dr. Dan Wallach | Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science | Rice University | computer security, electronic voting | Associate Director of ACCURATE | site |
| Tom Wilkey | Executive Director | US Election Assistance Commission (EAC) |
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| Dr. Britain (Brit) Williams | Professor Emeritus of Computer Science and Information Systems | Center for Election Systems |
election administration | Member EAC TGDC, Representing National Association of State Election Directors...more | contact |
| Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project |
Established by Caltech President David Baltimore and MIT President Charles...more | vote.caltech.edu | |||
| Center for American Politics and Citizenship |
The Center for American Politics and Citizenship (CAPC) provides citizens...more | site | |||
| Electionline.org |
election administration,election policy | electionline.org, produced by the Election Reform Information Project, is the...more | site | ||
| A Center for Correct, Usable, Reliable, Auditable and Transparent Elections (ACCURATE) |
electronic security, electronic voting | ACCURATE is a multi-institution voting research center funded by the...more |
site | ||
| Advanced Voting Solutions, Inc. |
voting technology | Creator of the WINvote wireless touch screen system | site | ||
| Brennan Center for Justice |
voting rights | Author of many publications | site | ||
| Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) |
technology | CPSR is a global organization promoting the responsible use of...more | site | ||
| Congressional Research Service |
policy,research | The Congressional Research Service is the public policy research arm...more | site | ||
| Diebold Election Systems, Inc. |
voting technology | site | |||
| US Election Assistance Commission (EAC) |
election administration, voting technology implementation | site | |||
| Election Data Services |
election administration, election statistics, redistricting | Election Data Services Inc. is a Washington, D.C.-based political consulting...more | |||
| Election Systems and Software, Inc. (ES&S) |
voting machines | Election Systems & Software (ES&S) is an American company that...more | site | ||
| Election Technology Council |
election technology | The Election Technology Council (ETC) consists of companies which offer...more | site | ||
| Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) |
electronic privacy | site | |||
| US Government Accountability Office (GAO) |
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| Hart InterCivic |
voting technology | maker of eSlate voting machine | site | ||
| Center for Election Systems |
election administration, voting technology implementation | At Kennesaw State University | site | ||
| Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research |
MIPAR’s mission is to bring the analytic capability of University...more | site | |||
| National Academy of Sciences (NAS) |
The National Academies perform an unparalleled public service by bringing...more | site | |||
| National Association of State Election Directors (NASED)0 | election administration | site | |||
| National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) |
technology | The 2002 Help America Vote Act has given NIST a...more | site | ||
| Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) |
election technology | The TGDC supports the Election Assistance Committee by providing...more | site | ||
| Sequoia Voting Systems |
voting technology | site | |||
| National Conference of State Legislatures |
state policy | The National Conference of State Legislatures is a bipartisan organization...more | site | ||
| National Association of Secretaries of States (NASS) |
election administration, state policy | The nation's oldest professional, non-partisan organization of public officials. | site | ||
| Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) |
UOCAVA, military voting, overseas voting | The Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) administers the federal responsibilities...more | site | ||
| Federal Elections Commission (FEC) |
election administration, campaign finance | In 1975, Congress created the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to...more | site | ||
| IFES |
election administration, international elections, emerging democracy | (formerly known as the International Foundation for Election Systems)FES currently...more | site | ||
| Election Science Institute |
election administration | From their site:Election Science Institute (formerly Votewatch) is a nonprofit,...more | site | ||
| Overseas Vote Foundation0 | UOCAVA voting | The main Executive Board, together with a high-level Advisory Board...more | site | ||
| Association for Computing Machinery |
computer security,technology | ACM delivers resources that advance computing as a science and...more | site | ||
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