Wayne Williams: “I’m excited to share my expertise so that we can continue to strengthen our nation’s election systems and voters’ confidence in those systems.”
Verified Voting, a leading national organization focused solely on making our voting technology secure, welcomes Wayne Williams to its Advisory Board. Williams, while serving as Colorado Secretary of State from 2015 to 2019, adopted new voting standards requiring voter-verifiable paper ballots and implemented the nation’s first statewide risk-limiting audit (RLA) in Colorado.
“Voter confidence in elections is critical for Americans’ faith in our democratic republic. The election reforms we adopted in Colorado, including paper ballots and the nation’s first full risk-limiting audit, helped encourage Coloradans to vote in record numbers. I’m excited to share my enthusiasm and election expertise on the Verified Voting Board of Advisors so that we can continue to strengthen our nation’s election systems and voters’ confidence in those systems,” said Williams.
Under Williams’ leadership, Colorado led the nation in voter registration and turnout. He also served on the Executive Committee of the National Association of Secretaries of State for three years. Prior to serving as Secretary of State Williams served as El Paso County Clerk & Recorder, where he successfully ran elections in Colorado’s most populous county. Williams graduated magna cum laude from Brigham Young University, received his law degree from the University of Virginia and is a Certified Elections/Registration Administrator. Williams is also a Harry S. Truman Scholar and received the Medallion Award from the National Association of Secretaries of State for his efforts in protecting the right to vote during the fire-ravaged primary election in 2012.
“Wayne Williams brings extensive expertise as an on-the-ground election official and we are delighted to have him join Verified Voting’s Advisory Board,” said Barbara Simons, Verified Voting’s Board Chair.
View the full list of Verified Voting Advisory Board members here.
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