Will Doherty
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Will Doherty is the former executive director of the Verified Voting Foundation and VerifiedVoting.org and was the originator of the Election Incident Reporting System, used to detect over 40,000 problems with the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election and to ensure that all legally qualified voters would have the opportunity to vote.
A Los Angeles Times article by Ralph Vartabedian reported on November 4, 2004: "'We saw systematic problems throughout the U.S.,' said Will Doherty, executive director of VerifiedVoting.org, a group that is calling for every electronic voting machine to produce a paper trail that can be audited."
Doherty appeared on the Brian Lehrer Show of December 8, 2004 with the following description: "Will Doherty, Executive Director of Verified Voting Foundation, says there were widespread problems with electronic voting, but stops short of claiming fraud."
Doherty previously held position as Online Activist and 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 and interns from the Online Policy Group and the
Electronic Frontier Foundation conducted a study on
Internet blocking (or filtering) technology
that was later used in an amicus curiae brief before the
U.S. Supreme Court in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the
Children's Internet Protection Act
.
Doherty also served as Director of Online Community
Development at the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). 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).
A Los Angeles Times article by Ralph Vartabedian reported on November 4, 2004: "'We saw systematic problems throughout the U.S.,' said Will Doherty, executive director of VerifiedVoting.org, a group that is calling for every electronic voting machine to produce a paper trail that can be audited."
Doherty appeared on the Brian Lehrer Show of December 8, 2004 with the following description: "Will Doherty, Executive Director of Verified Voting Foundation, says there were widespread problems with electronic voting, but stops short of claiming fraud."
Doherty previously held position as Online Activist and Media Relations
Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
Electronic Frontier Foundation
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is an international non-profit digital rights advocacy and legal organization based in the United States...
(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.
Diebold Election Systems
Premier Election Solutions, formerly Diebold Election Systems, Inc. was a subsidiary of Diebold that makes and sells voting machines. In 2009 it was sold to competitor ES&S. Another subsidiary selling electronic voting systems in Brazil is Diebold-Procomp, with minor market share in that nation...
,
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 and interns from the Online Policy Group and the
Electronic Frontier Foundation conducted a study on
Internet blocking (or filtering) technology
that was later used in an amicus curiae brief before the
U.S. Supreme Court in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the
Children's Internet Protection Act
Children's Internet Protection Act
The Children's Internet Protection Act requires that K-12 schools and libraries in the United States use Internet filters and implement other measures to protect children from harmful online content as a condition for the receipt of certain federal funding...
.
Doherty also served as Director of Online Community
Development at the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). Doherty holds an M.B.A. from Golden Gate
University
Golden Gate University
Golden Gate University is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational university located in the South of Market district, immediately south of the Financial District of downtown San Francisco, California...
and a B.S. in Computer Science and Writing from
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
(MIT).