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The following two charts list our biographies of individuals and organizations that are quoted, referenced, or otherwise relevant on our site. The Pro, Con, Neutral, and None positions are in response to our core question: "Do electronic voting machines improve the voting process?" Each source has been assigned a theoretical credibility rating ranked by stars (with five being the highest).

I.IndividualsII. Organizations

I. Individuals

Name Rating Position
Elise Ackerman None
Kim Alexander Con
R. Michael Alvarez, Ph.D. None
Stephen Ansolabehere, Ph.D. Con
Cameron Barr None
Benjamin Bederson, Ph.D. Con
Mary Bellis None
Jerry Berkman Con
Jack Blaine Pro
Robert A. Brady Pro
Paul Boutin Con
Debra Bowen, J.D. Con
George W. Bush None
David Card, Ph.D. None
Alfonso Chardy None
Alfie Charles Pro
Cindy Cohn, J.D. Con
Bev Conover Con
Cathy Cox, J.D. Pro
Ronald Crane, J.D. Con
Lorrie Faith Cranor, Ph.D. Neutral
Matthew Damschroder Pro
Christian Davenport None
Donetta Davidson None
Dana DeBeauvoir Pro
Paul DeGregorio Pro
Herb Deutsch Pro
Aleda Devies Con
Jim Dickson Pro
David Dill, Ph.D. Con
Christopher Dodd, J.D. (D-CT) Pro
Christopher Drew None
Alfred DuPlessis None
John Ensign, D.V.M. (R-NV) Pro
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Con
Edward Felten, Ph.D. Con
Ed Fletcher None
Tom Flocco Con
David Frey None
Brad Friedman Con
Kristi Gaines Con
John Gideon Con
Tim Golden None
John Groh Pro
Mikel Haas Pro
Joseph Lorenzo Hall None
Thad Hall, Ph.D. None
Bev Harris Con
Joseph P. Harris, Ph.D. None
Melissa Harris None
David Hart Pro
Thom Hartmann Con
Dean Heller Pro
Jim Hightower Con
Gracia Hillman None
Harry Hochheiser, Ph.D. Neutral
Candice Hoke, J.D. Con
Herman Hollerith, Ph.D. None
Rush Holt, Ph.D. (D-NJ) Con
Teresa Hommel, J.D. Con
Michael Hout, Ph.D. None
Steny Hoyer, J.D. (D-MD) None
Harri Hursti Con
David Jefferson, Ph.D. Neutral
Name Rating Position
Doug Jones, Ph.D. Con
Arthur Keller, Ph.D. Con
Bob Kibrick Con
Stanley Klein, D.Sc. Con
Denise Lamb Pro
Lynn Landes Con
Paul Lehto, J.D. Con
Doug Lewis Pro
John Lott, Jr., Ph.D. Pro
Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) Neutral
Ray Martinez, J.D. Neutral
Clara Matthews None
Kay Maxwell Neutral
Neil McClure Pro
Conny McCormack Pro
Bruce McCullough, Ph.D. None
Richard McKay Pro
Bruce McPherson None
Rebecca Mercuri, Ph.D. Con
David Mertz, Ph.D. Con
Alice P. Miller Pro
Harris Miller Pro
Enrico Moretti, Ph.D. None
Deirdre Mulligan, J.D. Con
Jacob Myers None
Rosemarie Myerson, Ph.D. None
James Narey None
Peter Neumann, Ph.D. Con
Peter Nicholas None
Kelly Pierce Pro
Florenz Plassman, Ph.D. None
Tim Reiterman None
Ronald Rivest, Ph.D. None
Dawn Roberts Pro
Mark Robinson None
Kathy Rogers Pro
Aviel Rubin, Ph.D. Con
Roy Saltman None
Bruce Schneier Con
Ted Selker, Ph.D. Pro
Hratch Semerjian, Ph.D. None
Michelle Shafer Pro
Michael Shamos, Ph.D., J.D. Pro
Kevin Shelley, J.D. Pro
Barbara Simons, Ph.D. Con
Pamela Smith Con
Howard Stanislevic Con
Charles Stewart III, Ph.D. Pro
Warren Stewart Con
Daniel Tokaji, J.D. Neutral
Ellen Theisen Con
Herbert Thompson, Ph.D. Con
Harry A. VanSickle None
Dan Wallach, Ph.D. Con
Tova Andrea Wang, J.D. Neutral
Tom Wilkey None
Britain Williams, Ph.D. Pro
Darryl R. Wold Neutral
Elizabeth Yang Con
Kim Zetter Con

II. Organizations

Name Rating Position
ACCURATE None
American Civil Liberties Union None
Ad Hoc Touch Screen Task Force of the California Secretary of State Pro
Advanced Voting Solutions, Inc. Pro
American Association of People with Disabilities Pro
Asian American Justice Center Con
Associated Press None
Association of the Bar of New York City None
AVANTE International Technology, Inc. Pro
Batesville Daily Guard (Arkansas) None
Black Box Voting Con
Brennan Center for Justice Neutral
California Association of Clerks and Election Officials Pro
California Secretary of State Office Pro
Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project None
Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia None
CIBER, Inc. Neutral
Cleveland Plain Dealer None
CNN None
Commission on Federal Election Reform None
Common Cause Con
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility Con
Compuware Corporation None
Congressional Research Service None
CorpWatch Con
The Daily Herald (Utah) None
Demos Pro
Diebold Election Systems, Inc. Pro
Election Assistance Commission None
Election Data Services None
Election Systems and Software Pro
Election Technology Council Pro
electionline.org None
Electronic Frontier Foundation Con
Federal Election Commission None
Florida Voters Coalition Con
Fort Worth Star-Telegram None
Government Accountability Office None
Hart InterCivic Pro
The Hutchinson News None
InfoSENTRY Services, Inc. None
Kennesaw State University Center for Election Systems Pro
League of Women Voters Neutral
Name Rating Position
Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research None
Maryland State Board of Elections Pro
National Academy of Sciences None
National Association of State Election Directors None
National Committee for Voting Integrity Con
National Council of La Raza Pro
National Institute of Standards and Technology None
Nevada Gaming Control Board None
New Yorkers for Verified Voting Con
Office of the Inspector General of Miami-Dade County, Florida None
Online NewsHour None
Oracle Corporation None
People for the American Way Pro
Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund Con
RABA Technologies None
The Raw Story None
R.F. Shoup Corporation Pro
R&G Associates, LLC None
San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters Pro
San Diego County, California Chief Administrative Office None
San Diego Union-Tribune None
San Jose Mercury News None
San Mateo County (California) Elections Office Pro
The Seattle Times None
Sequoia Voting Systems Pro
Southington, Connecticut Registrar of Voters Pro
State of Texas Elections Division Pro
Suffolk County Legislature Budget Review Office Neutral
SysTest Labs Neutral
TrueVoteMD Con
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Con
Virginia Division of Legislative Services Joint Subcommittee to Study Voting Technologies None
Vote TrustUSA Con
VoteHere Pro
Voter Action Con
VotersUnite! Con
VotingIndustry.com None
Verified Voting Foundation Con
Wisconsin State Elections Board None
Wyle Laboratories, Inc. Neutral
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