Drawing on our broad expertise assessing how political institutions affect political participation in the American states, ElectionSmith, Inc. works with clients to provide detailed empirical analysis, research reports, and expert witness declarations and affidavits. Over the years, we have provided empirical work in lawsuits dealing with voting rights, redistricting, and campaign financing in the American states. He has also provided empirical analyses in numerous lawsuits dealing with voting rights, election laws, ballot measures (initiatives and referendums), and campaign finance laws.
With over 25 years of academic research, ElectionSmith specializes in data collection and analysis of a variety of issues related to electoral politics in the American states. Led by Dr. Daniel A. Smith, Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Florida and past Director of the UF Political Campaigning Program, the talented team at ElectionSmith has assisted petitioners and respondents in numerous local, state, and federal cases around the country. Dr. Smith’s empirical research and expert testimony has shaped the decisions of cases decided by the Florida Supreme Court, the Colorado Supreme Court, the Maryland Court of Appeals, the 6th, 9th, 10th, and 11th United States Courts of Appeal, and the Supreme Court of the United States (in the 2010 case, Doe v. Reed, and the 2018 case, Husted v. APRI). His research on election law and voting rights in Florida and around the country has been featured in the New York Times, MSNBC ‘s Rachel Maddow Show, The Nation, National Public Radio, and hundreds of other outlets.
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