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EPIC's Lillie Coney Appointed to Election Advisory Committee
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed EPIC Associate Director and leading election reform advocate, Lillie Coney to the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Board of Advisors. EAC is an independent, bipartisan commission charged with developing guidance to meet Help America Vote Act requirements, adopting voluntary voting system guidelines, and serving as a national clearinghouse of information about election administration. The EAC also accredits testing laboratories and certifies voting systems, as well as audits the use of HAVA funds. Ms. Coney leads EPIC’s voting project and has worked on developing voting technology standards, statewide-centralized voter registration systems with privacy safeguards, and voter identification policy. For more information, see EPIC: Lillie Coney and EPIC’s Voting Privacy Page.