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About Us

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The Problems With Our Elections Affect Every Issue You Care About

  

  

  • SMART Elections is a new non-partisan project dedicated to elevating the issue of election reform to an urgent national priority.  


  • There are currently seven main sectors in the election reform movement: 


  • Voting rights (ending voter suppression)
  • Disability rights (access for voters)
  • Anti-corruption (getting money out of politics) 
  • Fair Redistricting (ending gerrymandering)
  • National Popular Vote (ending the Electoral College)
  • Ranked Choice Voting
  • Security


  • These groups are powerful individually – but tend to work separately from each other, and sometimes in opposition to each other. Our nation’s elections are in disrepair. A broad-based coalition of these sectors working cooperatively across the political spectrum can generate the attention and resources necessary to repair our dysfunctional electoral process. SMART elections is dedicated to that cooperative effort. 


  • We are building bridges and lasting partnerships that can produce significant improvements in U.S, elections.


  • We focus especially on election security because that is our area of expertise, and we know that if security is not addressed - and votes are not counted accurately - then all other reforms are at risk. 



SMART stands for

  • Secure
  • Marked* & Audited by Hand
  • Accessible & Accurate
  • Registration for all eligible voters
  • Transparent

*(for those who are able) 

Directors

  • Lulu Friesdat – Executive Director 
  • Jim Soper – Legislative Director 

Teams

Technical Advisory Team

  • Duncan Buell Ph.D. – Computer Science Professor; University of South Carolina
  • Rich DeMillo Ph.D. -Distinguished Prof. of Computing at Georgia Tech
  • Laura Pressley Ph.D – Founder; True Texas Elections
  • Bennie Smith – Computer Programmer | Election Commissioner; Memphis TN
  • Chris Vickery - Director of Risk Research; Upguard


Accessibility

  • Joe Bravo – Executive Director; Westchester Independent Living Center 
  • Lisa Tarricone - Executive Director; Taconic Resources for Independence, Inc.

Anti-Corruption

  • T.J. O'Hara – Principal Political Analyst; Independent Voter Network

Audits & Observation

  • Karen McKim – Coordinator; Wisconsin Election Integrity
  • Virginia Martin Ph.D. – Former Election Commissioner; Columbia Co, New York

Digital Ballot Images

  • John Brakey – Co-Founder & Director AUDIT-USA 
  • Emily Levy - Founder & Director Scrutineers

Election Officials - Current & Former

  • Jan BenDor –State-wide coordinator, Michigan Election Reform Alliance
  • Virginia Martin Ph.D. – Former Election Commissioner, Columbia Co, New York
  • Bennie Smith – Election Commissioner, Memphis TN 


Legislative Advisor

  • Deborah Porder - Attorney; Co-Leader; Indivisible Scarsdale, New York

Legislation

  • Allegra Dengler - Co-Founder; Citizens for Voting Integrity, New York

Outreach

  • Holly Mosher – Outreach Team Leader
  • T.J. O'Hara – Principal Political Analyst; Independent Voter Network

Voting Rights

  • Jarret Berg – Attorney and Voting Rights Advocate; Co-founder Vote Early NY
  • Andrea Miller – Executive Director; People Demanding Action
  • Renaldo Pearson – Director of External Affairs; RepresentUs

our philosophy

Advisory Team Members come from a variety of backgrounds and represent a diverse collection of viewpoints. Their membership does not represent an endorsement of the information offered by this organization. Nor does this project endorse any specific action or opinion of the advisory team members. We have come together with the belief that by attempting to listen and understand each others’ perspectives we can collectively work more effectively toward a goal that we all cherish – a more fair and effective democracy.

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