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1. Name: Richard L. Hasen  
2. Title: William H. Hannon Distinguished Professor of Law at Loyola Law School
3. Voting Machines
Position:		 Con to the question "Do electronic voting machines improve the voting process?"
4. Reasoning:

"The point is not that electronic voting is the best system; maybe it should be scrapped. The real solution is to create a cadre of dedicated, professional nonpartisan administrators with enough money to run a scrupulously fair and voter-friendly system of election administration to resolve such questions." ("Keeping the Voting Clean," New York Times, Nov. 11, 2006)

5. Credibility
Ranking:		  Experts
Election officials, people with post-graduate degrees in a computer or political science, J.D.s, Members of Congress, or elected officials with significant involvement in, or related to, electronic voting machine issues
6. Involvement:
  • William H. Hannon Distinguished Professor of Law, Loyola Law School, 2005-
  • Professor of Law, Loyola Law School, 1998-2005
  • Visiting Professor of Law, Loyola Law School, 1997-1998
  • Professor, Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1994-1997
  • Civil Appellate Lawyer, Horvitz and Levy
  • Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Honorable David R. Thompson
  • Co-editor, Election Law Journal
  • Author, published in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Slate
7. Education:
  • PhD, University of California Los Angeles
  • JD, University of California Los Angeles School of Law, Order of the Coif
  • MA, University of California Los Angeles
  • BA, University of California Berkeley
8. Relevant Affiliations/Honors:
  • Named one of the 20 top lawyers in California under age 40 and one of the top 100 lawyers in California by the Daily Journal, 2005

9. Contact Info:
Phone: 213-736-1466 Fax: 213-380-3769
E-Mail: rick.hasen@lls.edu
Web Site: University Profile
10. Other: Selected publications:
  • Remedies: Examples and Explanations, 2007
  • Cowritten with Daniel Hays Lowenstein, Election Law: Cases and Materials, 2004
  • The Supreme Court and Election Law: Judging Equality from Baker v. Carr to Bush v. Gore, 2003
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