Lawrence Norden is the author of the just published The Machinery of Democracy: Protecting Elections in an Electronic World (Academy Chicago Press) and a contributor to the Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties (Routledge 2007). He is Staff Counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law and project director for its Voting Technology Assessment Project. As Counsel at the Brennan Center, Mr. Norden works in the areas of voting systems, voting rights and government accountability. In addition to these responsibilities, Mr. Norden edits and writes for the Brennan Center's blog on New York State, ReformNY.blogspot.com. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago and New York University School of Law. Before joining the Brennan Center, Mr. Norden was in private practice, concentrating in commercial litigation, technology and bankruptcy law. He is admitted to practice in New York.

Blog Entries by Lawrence Norden

The Campaign For Secure Elections

Posted June 13, 2007 | 12:34 PM (EST)


As the presidential candidates' ramp up their campaigns, it's hard to resist asking, 'can't give us a break?' Didn't the last federal election cycle just end? Isn't November 2008 awfully far away?

Perhaps. But there is one campaign for all future federal elections that must begin in earnest immediately....

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