Vote Count Verification Committee

In 2006 the Arizona Legislature passed a law (SB 1557) requiring a random sample of voting precincts to be hand counted after the elections.

Pursuant to A.R.S. §16-602, the Secretary of State appointed seven members of the Vote Count Verification Committee, to designate the margins used in reviewing the hand counting of votes and to set the acceptable variance rate between the machine and hand counts.

Committee members appointed by Secretary of State Brewer:

• Dr. William Lewis - founding Chairman of the Computer Science Department at Arizona State University and former Chief Information Officer of ASU for 14 years.
• Elliott D. Pollack - President of Elliott D. Pollack and Company. Mr. Pollack is a respected local, state, and national economics expert.
• Dr. Richard T. Snodgrass - Professor at the University of Arizona, Department of Computer Science and Editor-in-Chief of ACM Transactions on Database Systems (a scholarly journal).
• John D. Stewart - Information Systems Consultant with Maricopa County Department of Elections.
• Lynn A. Constabile - Elections Director, Yavapai County Department of Elections. Ms. Constabile previously served as a Computer Assistance Specialist and Records Technician with Yavapai County.
• Michael Totherow - Arizona Department of Administration, Chief Technology Officer. Mr. Totherow also serves as the Telecommunications Program Office Director with ADOA.
• Christopher M. Bradley - Deputy Budget Director, Maricopa County. Since 1996, Mr. Bradley has extensive experience is forecast models and statistical analysis in handling a $2 billion county budget.

News & Announcements

Procedures for Precinct Hand Count & Early Ballot Audit

Vote Count Verification Committee Designated Margins - Final Report, August 21, 2008

Secretary Brewer Seeks Committee Members

Senate Bill 1557