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Board of Advisors


Our goals and strategies have been developed in consultation with many others who are on our Board of Advisors, including:

  • Cindy Cohn, Legal Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation. Background: First Amendment Law, non-profit management. (Verified Voting Foundation Board Director)
  • Lillie Coney, Coordinator, National Committee for Voting Integrity and Senior Policy Analyst, Electronic Privacy Information Center
  • Joseph Lorenzo Hall, ACCURATE Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of California at Berkeley, School of Information, Princeton University Center for Information Technology Policy
  • Jeremy Epstein, Research Computer Scientist, Cyber Defense Agency LLC. Background: Prominent computer security researcher, experienced in how commercial technology is built, advisor to Virginia legislature on electronic voting, expert reviewer of Brennan Center report.
  • Candice Hoke, founding Director of the Center for Election Integrity at Cleveland State University, Associate Professor of Law (Election, Regulatory, and Employment Law). Background: a research Team Leader for CA Secretary of State's landmark scientific study of voting systems (2007); member, American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Election Law Advisory Commission (2007- ); proposed and led the first post-election audit in Ohio (Cuyahoga, November 2006), testified to Congress on the critical need for independent election auditing to rebuild public trust in the election system.
  • Doug Jones, Computer Science Professor, University of Iowa. Background: Iowa Election Equipment Examiner for 10 years, including chairmanship
  • Douglas A. Kellner, Co-Chair, Board of Elections of New York City
  • Justin Moore, Platforms Engineer, Google. Background: Ph.D. in Computer Science from Duke University, expert witness on E-voting to two state legislatures, member of the National Committee on Voting Integrity
  • Peter Neumann, Principal Scientist, SRI International's Computer Science Laboratory. Background: Prominent computer security researcher, experienced in technology and policy, expert in risks of computers, such as computer voting
  • Aviel D. Rubin, Associate Professor of Computer Science Johns Hopkins University. Background: Computer security expert, co-author of Johns Hopkins / Rice report and "A Security Analysis of the Secure Electronic Registration & Voting Experiment (SERVE)."
  • Bruce Schneier, Chief Security Technology Officer, BT. Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist, referred to by The Economist as a "security guru." He is the author of eight books -- including the best sellers Beyond Fear, Secrets and Lies, and Applied Cryptography -- as well as hundreds of articles and essays in national and international publications, and many more academic papers. His influential newsletter "Crypto-Gram," and his blog "Schneier on Security," are read by over 250,000 people. He has testified before Congress, is a frequent guest on television and radio, and is regularly quoted in the press.
  • Barbara Simons, Computer Scientist, Former President, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Background: Member, Board of Advisors of the Election Assistance Commission; Retired IBM researcher, now devoted to technology policy issues. Has worked on electronic voting for several years. Co-author of "A Security Analysis of the Secure Electronic Registration & Voting Experiment (SERVE)" and the ACM report "Statewide Databases of Registered Voters." (Verified Voting Foundation Board Director)
  • Michael Ubell, Software Architect, Berkeley Database Group, Oracle. Formerly Executive Architect and/or Chief Scientist at several database companies including Informix, Illustra and Teradata.
  • Nancy Wallace, Maryland Voting Activist affiliated with Campaign for Verifiable Voting in Maryland. Background: Experienced lobbyist and volunteer organizer.

Announcements

August 26, 2010
On India’s Electronic Voting Controversy
August 25, 2010
Pac-Man for president: Hack highlights e-voting flaws
August 6, 2010
Voting Technology Research Gets In-Depth
July 27, 2010
State Election Officials: Recountable Process A Must for Overseas Voters
July 20, 2010
Online Voting: All That Glitters Is Not Gold (Unless You're a Vendor)
June 21, 2010
Voting Without A Net In South Carolina
June 17, 2010
Voting results in New Jersey should not be mysterious
June 16, 2010
Verified Voting Calls for Recountable, Auditable Voting Systems Following South Carolina Primary
June 16, 2010
Voting integrity groups call for investigation of South Carolina voting systems in wake of unexpected primary results in Democratic US Senate race
June 15, 2010
On the South Carolina Primary
May 23, 2010
Benefits, risks of e-mail ballots weighed
May 4, 2010
PA - Team 4: Security Concerns About Voting Machines Remain
April 26, 2010
California Assembly committee endorses UC Berkeley statistician's election auditing method
March 8, 2010
Feds Move to Break Voting-Machine Monopoly
March 2, 2010
Is the Internet the Right Place for Our Ballots? Election Administration and Voting Rights Thought Leaders Weigh in on the Future of Overseas Voting at Summit 2010
February 25, 2010
Minnesota Civic Groups Refute Recount Claims
February 17, 2010
Groups and Election Officials Warn Department of Justice that Voting Machine Vendor Merger will Inflate Costs to Taxpayers, Threaten Election Accuracy and National Security
February 11, 2010
Fla. justices uphold local election law
February 3, 2010
NJ Judge Issues Mixed Order on Use of E-voting Machines
February 1, 2010
Ruling Issued in Rutgers–Newark Law School’s Constitutional Litigation Clinic Challenge to NJ's Electronic Voting Machines

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  • "The core of our American democracy is the right to vote. Implicit in that right is the notion that that vote be private, that vote be secure, and that vote be counted as it was intended when it was cast by the voter. And I think what we're encountering is a pivotal moment in our democracy where all of that is being called into question." (more here)

    Kevin Shelley, former
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