The Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society is pleased to present a screening of scenes from "Counting on Democracy," a new documentary by Stanford Law graduate Faye Anderson on the 2000 Presidential Election voting debacle, followed by a panel discussion featuring the filmaker, e-voting critics, and members of the OPG v. Diebold legal team, which will have argued that case in Federal court the prevous day.
February 10, 2003
5:45- 7:00 PM
Room 290
Stanford Law School
DirectionsAbout the Speakers
Faye M. Anderson is a New York-based writer, independent producer and public policy consultant. She is the writer and producer of "Counting on Democracy," an examination of the 2000 Florida election debacle that aired on PBS stations nationwide. She is writing a book on the perils of electronic voting machines.
A nationally recognized political pundit, Anderson is a former national correspondent for PoliticallyBlack.com. During the first Bush Administration, she was a political appointee with the Department of Labor, with responsibility for analyzing the policy implications of selected labor standard issues.
Anderson's writings have appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, the Miami Herald and Stanford magazine. Her television appearances include "Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher," "Inside Politics," "The O'Reilly Factor," "Hannity & Colmes" and C-SPAN's "Washington Journal." She was featured in the PBS documentary, "Black America: Facing the Millennium." Anderson is co-chair of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation's Voices of the Electorate. She serves on the steering committee of the Unity '04 Voter Empowerment Campaign, a nonpartisan effort to increase black voter turnout in the 2004 elections.
Anderson holds a BA in Political Science from the City College of New York, a JD from Stanford Law School, and a Certificate in French Proficiency from the Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Sénégal. She is a member of the State Bar of California and the New York State Bar.
Barbara Simons is a technology policy consultant. She earned her Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley, and was a computer science researcher at IBM Research, where she worked on compiler optimization, algorithm analysis, and scheduling theory. A former President of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Simons co-chairs the ACM’s US Public Policy Committee (USACM). She served on the NSF panel on Internet Voting, the President’s Export Council’s Subcommittee on Encryption, and the President's Council on the Year 2000 Conversion. She is on several Boards of Directors, including the U.C. Berkeley Engineering Fund and the Electronic Privacy Information Center, as well as the Advisory Board of the Oxford Internet Institute and the Public Interest Registry’s .ORG Advisory Council. She has testified before both the U.S. and the California legislatures. She is a Fellow of ACM and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She received the Alumnus of the Year Award from the Berkeley Computer Science Department, the Norbert Wiener Award from CPSR, the Outstanding Contribution Award from ACM, and the Pioneer Award from EFF.
David L. Dill is a Professor of Computer Science and, by courtesy, Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. He has been on the faculty at Stanford since 1987.
His primary research interests relate to the theory and application of formal verification techniques to system designs, including hardware, protocols, and software. From July 1995 to September 1996, he was Chief Scientist at 0-In Design Automation. He was named a Fellow of the IEEE in 2001 for his contributions to verification of circuits and systems.
In the last year, Prof. Dill entered the debate on electronic voting with the "Resolution on Electronic Voting", which has been endorsed by many computer technologist as well as political scientists, lawyers, and other individuals. He served on the California Secretary of State's Ad Hoc Committee on Touch Screen Voting, he is on the IEEE P1583 voting standards committee, and is a member of the DRE Citizen's Oversight Committee for Santa Clara County, California.
Cindy Cohn is the Legal Director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. She is responsible for overseeing the EFF's overall legal strategy. EFF has been actively involved in nearly all areas where civil liberties are impacted online. For the past year, Ms. Cohn has led EFF's efforts in assisting technologists and others who are concerned about the security and accountability of electronic voting machines. This has included advising researchers at Johns Hopkins and Rice Universities on the legal implications of their much-discussed study of Diebold voting machines based upon leaked computer code; assisting members of IEEE working groups who are developing standards for electronic voting machines; advising those engaged in the political and legal discussions on those issues; directing a grassroots writing campaign that supported a broader effort that convinced California Secretary of State Shelley to require voter verified paper ballots in California. Ms. Cohn also argued the OPG v. Diebold case where e-voting machine manufacturer Diebold sent out unfounded cease and desist notices to ISPs in an effort to stop public discussion of the flaws in its products
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Nina Holly is in her second year at Stanford Law School, and has been involved with the Cyberlaw Clinic since Autumn 2003. She began working on the Diebold case in October, and has since worked closely with Luke Smith and Nelson Pavlosky - the two Swarthmore plaintiffs - to ensure their voices are heard. Prior to starting Law school, she received Bachelor's and Master's degrees in English at Stanford. After graduating, Nina is interested in consulting with Silicon Valley companies on corporate legal issues.