Former Vice President of Business Development and Government Affairs at Sequoia Voting Systems
Position:
Pro to the question "Do electronic voting machines improve the voting process?"
Reasoning:
"There are currently more than 50,000 Sequoia DRE units installed across the country which will be used to securely and accurately record more than 105 million individual votes for candidates and issues this November... There is little doubt that the current generation of DRE systems provides considerable improvements to the voting process, however, what has been left out of the recent public debate is that not only has DRE voting technology been used reliably for more than two decades, but the systems also provide considerable improvements to ballot security and auditability."
Testimony before the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, May 5, 2004
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:
Vice President of Business Development and Government Affairs, Sequoia Voting Systems, 2002-2005
Testified before the U.S. Election Assistance Commission on May 5, 2004 about electronic voting machines
Assistant Secretary of State for Communications and e-Goverment, State of California, 1995-2002
Former Chair, California Internet Voting Task Force
Education:
BS, Government, California State University at Sacramento
