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1. Name: David Card, Ph.D.  
2. Title: Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley

3. Voting Machines
Position:		 No Stated Position to the question "Do electronic voting machines improve the voting process?"
4. Reasoning:

"Supporters of touch-screen voting claim it is a highly reliable voting technology, while a growing number of critics argue that paperless electronic voting systems are vulnerable to fraud." ("Does Voting Technology Affect Election Outcomes? Touch-screen Voting and the 2004 Presidential Election," Review of Economics and Statistics, February 2006)

5. Credibility
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6. Involvement:
  • Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
  • Director, Center for Labor Economics at the University of California, Berkeley
  • Faculty Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
  • Editor - American Economic Review (2002-2005), Econometrica (1993-1997), and Journal of Labor Economics (Associate Editor; 1988-1992)
7. Education:
  • Ph.D., Economics, Princeton University, 1983
  • B.A., Queen's University (Kingston), 1978
8. Relevant Affiliations/Honors:
  • 1998 - Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1995 - John Bates Clark Prize, American Economic Association
  • 1994 - Douglas Purvis Prize for an article or book on Economics and Public Policy in Canada
9. Contact Info:
Phone: (510) 642-5222 Fax: (510) 643-7042
E-Mail: card@econ.berkeley.edu
Web Site: http://emlab.berkeley.edu/facdir/card.html
10. Other: Select publications include:
  • "Does Voting Technology Affect Election Outcomes? Touch-screen Voting and the 2004 Presidential Election," D. Card and E. Moretti, Review of Economics and Statistics, February 2006
  • Handbook of Labor Economics (3 volumes), 1999
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