Click here to watch a recording of our latest briefing co-hosted by Verified Voting and the Brennan Center. Want to make sure you’re invited to our next briefing? Sign up for Verified Voting’s email list here! Amid a landscape of shifting election rules and emerging challenges, Pamela Smith (Verified Voting’s President & CEO) and Derek…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: press@verifiedvoting.org PHILADELPHIA (May 20, 2026) — Following Colorado Governor Jared Polis’s commutation of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters’s prison sentence for felony convictions related to breaches of election equipment security protocols, Verified Voting’s President & CEO Pamela Smith released the following statement: “Maintaining a secure chain of custody for…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nicole Watkins Verified Voting Welcomes Tina Barton to its Board of Directors The veteran election expert and public service official joins the mission to advance safe and secure elections PHILADELPHIA — Verified Voting, a leading national organization dedicated to strengthening democracy for all voters by promoting the responsible use of technology…
Download Here U.S. Election Assistance Commission 633 3rd Street NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20001 Attn: Clearinghouse Division Submitted electronically April 27, 2026 Voluntary National Election Audit Standards Docket ID: EAC-2026-0067 Dear U.S. Election Assistance Commissioners, On behalf of Verified Voting, I welcome this opportunity for public comment on the U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s draft…
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Download PDF March 12, 2026 Connecticut Government Administration and Elections Committee Legislative Office Building, Room 2200 Hartford, CT 06106 Via online porta Dear Committee Members: On behalf of Verified Voting, I write in support of S.B. No. 394 regarding risk-limiting audits and in support of the risk-limiting audit provisions in H.B. No. 5001. Please note…
Download PDF April 2, 2026 The Honorable Scott Weiner Chair Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee California State Senate 1020 N Street Room 533 Sacramento, CA 95814 SB 970 – opposing electronic ballot return Dear Chair Weiner and Committee Members: Brennan Center for Justice, California Voter Foundation, Free Speech for People, Public Citizen, and Verified…
The following is a statement from Verified Voting. For additional press inquiries, please contact press@verifiedvoting.org PHILADELPHIA (April 1, 2026) — In response to yesterday’s executive order, Ensuring Citizenship Verification And Integrity In Federal Elections, Verified Voting’s President & CEO Pamela Smith released the following statement: “Yesterday’s executive order, like the one before it, is both unlawful…
Download PDF March 6, 2026 Maryland State Board of Elections P.O. Box 6486 Annapolis, MD 21401 Via email Comments on Proposed Changes to COMAR 33.08.05 Post Election Verification and Audit Dear Members of the State Board of Elections: On behalf of Verified Voting, I submit these comments on the proposed changes to COMAR 33.08.05 Post…
Download PDF March 4, 2026 The Honorable Larry Rhoden Governor State of South Dakota 500 East Capitol Avenue Pierre, SD 57501 Via email Veto Request for Senate Bill 114 Dear Governor Rhoden, On behalf of Verified Voting, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization, I write to request a veto on Senate Bill 114. Verified Voting’s mission is…