Verified Voting Foundation Hires Executive Director - Founder Of Free Speech ISP That Sued Diebold Voting Company
Monday March 29, 12:19 pm ET

SAN FRANCISCO, March 29 /PRNewswire/ The Verified Voting Foundation, a nonprofit organization focused on reliable and secure election systems, today named Will Doherty as its Executive Director.
 
"We're pleased that Will Doherty joins us when our extensive grassroots efforts are poised to make a real difference," said David Dill, founder of the Verified Voting Foundation and a Stanford University Computer Science professor. "He brings us the management and leadership abilities to guarantee organizational success."

"I'm confident that the Verified Voting Foundation can tip the balance for immediate adoption of voter-verifiable election systems nationwide," Doherty said. "I've come on board to make sure election systems keep a permanent paper record so election officials can perform an audit in case of a malfunction or dispute about election results."

Doherty previously held a position as Media Relations Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).

He founded the Online Policy Group (OPG), a free speech Internet Service Provider (ISP) that initiated a lawsuit against election systems manufacturer Diebold Systems, Inc., to prevent the company's attempt to stifle discussion of an email archive demonstrating flaws with Diebold election equipment and potential problems with use of uncertified portions of Diebold election machines in actual elections.

Doherty has twenty years of experience in for-profit and nonprofit management, consulting, and activism. He served as Globalization Operations Manager at Sybase, Inc., Localization Program Manager and Technical Writer for Sun Microsystems, Inc., and Director of Online Community Development at the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). He has designed and implemented Internet strategies and websites for dozens of nonprofit community and advocacy organizations. Doherty holds an M.B.A. from Golden Gate University and a B.S. in Computer Science and Writing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

The Verified Voting Foundation and VerifiedVoting.org are sister nonprofit organizations championing reliable and publicly verifiable elections. Founded by Stanford University Computer Science Professor David Dill, the organizations support a requirement for voter-verified paper trails on electronic voting machines allowing voters to inspect individual permanent records of their ballots and election officials to conduct meaningful recounts as needed. The organizations' website is www.verifiedvoting.org