Douglas W. Jones PhD - Voting Machines

Name:	Douglas W. Jones, PhD
Title:	Associate Professor of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Iowa
Position:	Con to the question "Do electronic voting machines improve the voting process?"
Reasoning:	"I cannot recommend large-scale funding for immediate modernization of voting systems across the country. To do so now would be to rush into the purchase of large numbers of [electronic voting] systems that...will be found failing by the standards we ought to have in place!" "Problems With Voting Systems and Applicable Standards," testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, May 22, 2001
Theoretical Expertise Ranking:	Experts Election officials, people with post-graduate degrees in a computer or political science, JD's, Members of Congress, or elected officials with significant involvement in, or related to, electronic voting machine issues.
Involvement and Affiliations:	Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Iowa Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation's A Center for Correct, Usable, Reliable, Accurate, and Transparent Elections (ACCURATE) Founding Member, Voting Systems Performance Rating, 2005-present Advisory Board - VerifiedVoting.org, 2004-present National Committee on Voting Integrity, 2003-present Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, Open Voting Consortium, 2003-2004 Member, Iowa Election Reform Task Force, 2001 Chair, Iowa Board of Examiners for Voting Machines and Electronic Voting Systems, 1999-2002 Provided testimony about electronic voting systems before the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Election Assistance Commission, National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Congressional Black Caucus, Iowa State Association of Counties, New York State Board of Elections, and Connecticut Voting Technology Standards Board Member of several professional societies including Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
Education:	PhD, Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 1980 MS, Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 1976 BS, Physics, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1973
Contact Info:	Phone: 319-335-0740 Fax: 319-335-3624 E-Mail: jones@cs.uiowa.edu Website: www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones
Select Publications:	"Testing Voting Systems," available on his website, 2004 "The Evaluation of Voting Technologies," chapter in Secure Electronic Voting, 2003 "Problems With Voting Systems and Applicable Standards," testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science, May 22, 2001
Other:	None found
Also Quoted in:	1. Is it possible to have a meaningful recount from an electronic voting machine? 2. What are the stages of testing electronic voting machines? 3. If a software 'patch' is installed, are electronic voting machines re-tested prior to being used on Election Day? 4. Is there a method in place to make sure the electronic voting machines used by voters on Election Day are fully certified and identical to the machines that were tested? 5. Do electronic voting machines store votes securely? 6. How are votes from electronic voting machines tabulated? 7. Is it appropriate for private electronic voting machine manufacturers to facilitate public elections?