May 21, 2008 | 2:00 pm
301 Russell Senate Office Building | Washington, DC
U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

For the consideration of the nominations of Cynthia L. Bauerly, Caroline C. Hunter, and Donald F. McGahn to be members of the Federal Election Commission

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• Opening Statement of Hon. Dianne Feinstein

Witnesses:

• Ms. Cynthia L. Bauerly, of Minnesota, to be a member of the Federal Election Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2011
• Ms. Caroline C. Hunter, of Florida, to be a member of the Federal Election Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2013
• Mr. Donald F. McGahn, of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the Federal Election Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2009

May 20, 2008 | 2:30 pm
226 Dirksen Senate Office Building | Washington, DC
U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

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• Opening Statement of Hon. Patrick Leahy

Witnesses:

• Jonah H. Goldman, Director, National Campaign for Fair Elections Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights under Law
• Pam S. Karlan, Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Professor of Public Interest Law, Stanford Law School
• J. Bradley King, Co-Director, Division of Elections, Indiana Secretary of State
• Cleta Mitchell, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP
• John Payton, President and Director-Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.

May 14, 2008 | 2:00 pm
1310 Longworth House Office Building | Washington, DC
U.S. House Committee on House Administration, Subcommittee on Elections

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Witnesses:

Panel I:

• Mr. Thomas Wilkey, Former Executive Director, New York Board of Elections
• Ms. Laurel Beatty, Director of Legislative Affairs, Office of the Ohio Secretary of State
• Ms. Dawn K. Roberts, Assistant Secretary of State, Florida Department of State

Panel II:

• The Honorable Rosemary Rodriguez, Chairwoman, U.S. Election Assistance Commission
• Mr. Kevin J. Kennedy, Director, Wisconsin Government Accountability Board

May 7, 2008 | 11:00 am
1310 Longworth House Office Building | Washington, DC
U.S. House Committee on House Administration

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April 15, 2008 | 11:00 am
1310 Longworth House Office Building | Washington, DC
U.S. House Committee on House Administration

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• Opening Statement

Witnesses:

• The Honorable Kevin McCarthy, U.S. Representative (CA-22)
• The Honorable Michael Dominguez, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense
• The Honorable Beth Chapman, Secretary of State, Alabama
• Ms. Susan Dzieduszycka-Suinat, President, Overseas Vote Foundation
• Mr. Kimball Brace, President, Election Data Services, Inc.

April 9, 2008 | 11:30 am
1310 Longworth House Office Building | Washington, DC
U.S. House Committee on House Administration

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Witnesses:

• Mr. Tom Joyner, Radio Host, Tom Joyner Morning Show
• Mr. Greg Moore, NAACP Nation Voter Fund
• Mr. John Bonifaz, Legal Director, Voter Action
• Ms. Cecilia Martinez, Executive Director, The Reform Institute
• Mr. Ken Smukler, InfoVoter Technologies
• Ms. April E. Pye, Interim Director, Fulton County (GA) Registration and Elections
• Ms. Alisha Alexander, Elections Administrator, Prince George’s (MD) County Board of Elections
• Ms. Linda Weedon, Deputy Director, Maricopa County (AZ) Elections

Additional Statements for the Record:

• Jonah H. Goldman, Director, National Campaign for Fair Elections, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
• People for the American Way

April 2, 2008 | 11:00 am
1310 Longworth House Office Building | Washington, DC
U.S. House Committee on House Administration

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April 1, 2008 | 2:00 pm
1310 Longworth House Office Building | Washington, DC
U.S. House Committee on House Administration, Subcommittee on Elections

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Witnesses:

• Ms. Johnnie McLean, Chief Deputy Director, North Carolina State Board of Elections
• Ms. Catherine Truss, Departmental Specialist, Michigan Deprtment of Human Services
• Ms. Lisa Danetz, Senior Counsel, DEMOS
• Mr. Michael Slater, Deputy Director, Project Vote
• Dr. David B. Muhlhausen, Senior Policy Analyst, Heritage Foundation

March 12, 2008 | 3:00 pm
1310 Longworth House Office Building | Washington, DC
U.S. House Committee on House Administration, Subcommittee on Election

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• Opening Statement

Witnesses:

• Mr. Curtis Crider, Inspector General, Election Assistance Commission
• The Honorable Rosemary Rodriguez, Chairwoman, Election Assistance Commission
• The Honorable Caroline Hunter, Vice-Chair, Election Assistance Commission
• The Honorable Gracia Hillman, Commissioner, Election Assistance Commission
• The Honorable Donetta Davidson, Commissioner, Election Assistance Commission

March 12, 2008 | 10:00 am
SR-301 Russell Senate Office Building | Washington, DC
U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

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• Letters submitted for the hearing record
• Opening Statement of Hon. Dianne Feinstein
• Opening Statement of Hon. Robert Bennett
• Opening Statement of Hon. Daniel Inouye
• Opening Statement of Hon. Christopher Dodd

Witnesses:

Member Panel:

• Hon. Patrick Leahy (VT)
• Hon. Christopher Bond (MO)

Panel:

• The Honorable Robin Carnahan, Missouri Secretary of State
• The Honorable Robert Simms, Georgia Deputy Secretary of State
• Mr. David Iglesias, Former U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico
• Jeff Milyo, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia
• Mr. Justin Levitt, Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law

February 27, 2008 | 10:00 am
301 Russell Senate Office Building | Washington, DC
U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

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• Opening Statement of Hon. Dianne Feinstein
• Opening Statement of Hon. Robert Bennett

Witnesses:

Panel I:

• The Honorable Roy Cooper, Attorney General, North Carolina
• James Bopp, Jr., Esq., General Counsel, James Madison Center for Free Speech
• Mr. Shaun Dakin, CEO and Founder, The National Political Do Not Contact Registry
• Letters submitted for the hearing record

Member Panel:

• The Honorable Sheldon Whitehouse, R.I., United States Senate
  Author of S.2305, "Caging Prohibition Act of 2007"

Panel II:

• Chandler Davidson, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Rice University
• Mr. J. Brad King, Co-Director, Indiana Election Division
• Judith A. Browne-Dianis, Esq., Co-Director, The Advancement Project
• Letters submitted for the hearing record

February 26, 2008 | 9:30 am
2141 Rayburn House Office Building | Washington, DC
U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties

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Witnesses:

Panel I:

• Asheesh Agarwal, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice

Panel II:

• J. Gerald Herbert, Executive Director & Director of Litigation, Campaign Legal Center
• Hilary O. Shelton, Director, Washington Bureau, NAACP
• Hon. Tom Emmer, Deputy Minority Leader, Minnesota State House of Representatives
• Lorraine C. Minnite, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Barnard College

February 8, 2008 | 10:00 am
1310 Longworth House Office Building | Washington, DC
U.S. House Committee on House Administration, Election Task Force

GAO Briefing to the Task Force: Report on Findings in the Investigation into the FL-13 Congressional District Contested Election

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January 31, 2008 | 10:30 am
216 Hart Senate Office Building | Washington, DC
U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging

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Witnesses:

• Barbara Bovbjerg, Director, Education, Workforce and Security Issues, US Government Accountability Office
• Deborah Markowitz, Vermont Secretary of State
• Michael Waterstone, Associate Professor of Law, Loyola Law School
• Jason Karlawish, Associate Professor of Medicine and Medical Ethics, University of Pennsylvania
• Wendy Weiser, Deputy Director, Democracy Program, Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law

October 30, 2007 | 10:00 am
2141 Rayburn House Office Building | Washington DC
U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties

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• Letter From Demos and Project Vote to Subcommittee Chair Nadler and Ranking Member Franks (10/25/07)

Witnesses:

• John K. Tanner, Chief, Voting Right Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice
• Toby Moore, Former Geographer/Social Science Analyst, CRT Voting Section
• Laughlin McDonald, Director, ACLU Voting Rights Project, ACLU Southern Regional Office
• Robert N. Driscoll, Alston and Bird
• Julie Fernandes, Senior Policy Analyst & Special Counsel, Leadership Conference for Civil Rights

July 25, 2007 | 10:00 am
301 Russell Senate Office Building | Washington, DC
U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

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• Statement of Sen. Feinstein
• Statement of Sen. Bennett
• Statement of Sen. Chambliss

Witnesses:

• The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S. Senate

Panel I:

• The Honorable Deborah L. Markowitz, Vermont Secretary of State; Past President, National Association of Secretaries of State
• Mr. George N. Gilbert, Director, Guilford County, NC Board of Elections
• Ms. Wendy Noren, Boone County, MO Clerk, Representing National Association of Counties
• Dr. Michael I. Shamon, Professor, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
• Mr. Ray Martinez, Policy Adviser, The Pew Center on the States; Former Member, Election Assistance Commission

Panel II:

• Ms. Mary Wilson, President, League of Women Voters
• Mr. Doug Lewis, Executive Director, The Election Center
• Ms. Tanya Clay House, Director of Public Policy, People for the American Way

June 21, 2007 | 2:00 pm
226 Dirksen Office Building | Washington, DC
U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

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• Statement of Sen. Cardin
• Statement of Sen. Leahy

Witnesses:

Panel I:

• Wan Kim, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, U. S. Department of Justice

Panel II:

• Wade Henderson, President and CEO, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
• Brian Landsberg, Professor, McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific
• Helen Norton, Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Maryland
• Roger Clegg, President and General Counsel, Center for Equal Opportunity
• Robert N. Driscoll, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP

June 13, 2007 | 10:00 am
SR-301 Russell Senate Office Building | Washington, DC
U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

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• Sen. Feinstein Opening Statement (Chairman)
• Sen. Bennett Opening Statement (Ranking Member)

Witnesses:

• Robert D. Lenhard (Maryland) - nominated to term expiring April 30, 2011
• David V. Mason (Virginia) - nominated to term expiring April 30, 2009
• Hans von Spakovsky (Georgia) - nominated to term expiring April 30, 2011
• Steven T. Walther (Nevada) - nominated to term expiring April 30, 2009
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June 7, 2007 | 2:00 pm
226 Dirksen Office Building | Washington, DC
U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

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• Opening Statement of the Honorable Benjamin L. Cardin
• Statement of the Honorable Patrick Leahy

Witnesses:

Panel I:

• The Honorable Charles Schumer, United States Senator [D-NY]
• The Honorable Barack Obama, United States Senator [D-IL]

Panel II:

• The Honorable Douglas F. Gansler, Attorney General, State of Maryland
• The Honorable Jack B. Johnson, County Executive, Prince George’s County, MD

Panel III:

• Hilary O. Shelton, Director, Washington Bureau, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [NAACP]
• John Trasviña, President and General Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund [MALDEF]
• Richard Briffault, Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation, Columbia Law School
• William B. Canfield, Principal, Williams & Jensen PLLC
• Peter N. Kirsanow, Commissioner, United States Commission on Civil Rights

June 5, 2007 | 2:30 pm
226 Dirksen Office Building | Washington, DC
U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

Witnesses:

Panel I:

• Bradley J. Schlozman, Associate Counsel to the Director, Executive Office for United States Attorneys; Former Interim U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri; Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice
  View Resume of Bradley J. Schlozman

Panel II:

• Todd Graves, Former U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri

May 7, 2007 | 9:30 am
City Council Chambers, City Hall, New York, NY
U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives

Witnesses:

Panel I

• Hon. Rush D. Holt (D-NJ), Member of Congress (invited)
• Hon. Donetta L. Davidson, Chair, U.S. Election Assistance Commission
• Mr. Mark W. Skall, Chief, Software Diagnostics and Conformance Testing Division, National Institute on Standards and Technology

Panel II

• Mr. Douglas A. Kellner, Co-Chair, New York State Board of Elections
• David Wagner, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Computer Science Division, University of California, Berkeley
• Mr. Lawrence Norden, Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law
• Mr. John Washburn, VoteTrustUSA Voting Technology Task Force
• Mr. Mac J. Slingerland, President & CEO, CIBER, Inc.

April 19, 2007 | 9:30 am
Department of Justice Oversight
U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

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Witnesses:

• Alberto Gonzales, U.S. Attorney General

Other Materials:

• Statement of Sen. Patrick Leahy
• Statement of Sen. Russ Feingold
• View Hearing on Attorney Firings: Morning Session [Real Player] (CPAN)
• View Hearing on Attorney Firings: Afternoon Session [Real Player] (CSPAN)

April 18, 2007 | 2:00 pm
Ensuring Fairness and Accuracy in Elections Involving Electronic Voting Systems
U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives

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Witnesses:

• Hon. Gracia Hillman, Commissioner, U.S. Election Assistance Commission
• Mr. Randolph Hite, Director, Information Technology Architecture and Systems, U.S. Government Accountability Office
• Hon. Robin Carnahan, Secretary of State, State of Missouri
• Avi D. Rubin, Ph.D., Technical Director, Information Security Institute, Department of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University
• Mr. John S. Groh, Vice President, Election Systems & Software International, and Chairman, Election Technology Council
• Diane Golden, Ph.D., Director, Missouri Assistive Technology Council (on behalf of the National Association of Assistive Technology Act Programs)

March 26, 2007 | 2:30 pm
Understanding the Realities of REAL ID: A Review of Efforts to Secure Drivers' Licenses and Identification Cards
U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia

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Witnesses:

Panel I

• Hon. Richard Barth, Ph. D., Assistant Secretary for the Office of Policy Development , U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Panel II

• Hon. Leticia Van de Putte, Texas State Senator, President, National Conference of State Legislatures
• Hon. Mufi Hannemann, Mayor, City and County of Honolulu
• Mr. Dennis Kamimura, Accompaning Mayor Hannemann, Licensing Administrator, City and County of Honolulu
• Mr. David Quam, Director of Federal Relations, National Governors Association

Panel III

• Mr. Timothy Sparapani, Legislative Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union
• Mr. Jim Harper, Director of Information Policy Studies, The Cato Institute

Other Materials:

• View Statement of the Brennan Center [PDF]

March 20, 2007 | 2:00 pm
Election Audits
U.S. House Committee on House Administration, Subcommittee on Elections

Witnesses:

• Matt Damschroder, Director, Franklin County Board of Elections, Ohio
• S. Candice Hoke, Acting Director, Center for Election Integrity
• R. Doug Lewis, Executive Director, National Association of Election Officials
• Lawrence Norden, Counsel, Brennan Center for Justice
• Ion Sancho, Supervisor of Elections, Leon County, Florida
• Tammy Patrick, Maricopa County Elections Department, Arizona
• Pamela Smith, President, Verified Voting

On March 15, 2007, the Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Elections held its first hearing, Machines and Software. The hearing consisted of two panels, one on accessibility and voting machine issues and another on software disclosure.

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On March 14, 2007, the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing on the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2007.

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On March 7, 2007, the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing, Protecting the Right to Vote: Election Deception and Irregularities in Recent Federal Elections.

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On March 7, 2007, the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government held a hearing Ensuring the Integrity of Elections

• View Testimony of Hon. Donetta L. Davidson [PDF]
• View Testimony of Aviel D. Rubin [PDF]
• View Testimony of Randolph C. Hite [PDF]

On February 7, 2007, the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration held a hearing, The Hazards of Electronic Voting: Focus on the Machinery of Democracy.

Election officials, computer experts, and advocates, including Michael Waldman, Executive Director of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, testified on the subject of electronic voting systems.

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On July 19, 2006, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration and Committee on Science held a joint hearing, Voting Machines: Will New Standards and Guidelines Prevent Future Problems?

Lawrence Norden, Chair of the Brennan Center Task Force on Voting System Security submitted a statement to the Committees.

• View Statement of Lawrence Norden [PDF]
• View all Statements from the Hearing