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- Name:
- Ken Smukler
- About Me:
- Ken Smukler is the president of InfoVoter Technologies, a nationally recognized leader in the development of election technologies for non-profit organizations, foundations, and news media clients.
His pioneering work in this field – building the first national voter hotlines in 2004 -- has been recognized by national news organizations as well as the Carter-Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform and the U.S. Congressional committee overseeing federal elections.
2008 – 2007. InfoVoter Technologies launches the Tom Joyner MYVOTE1 voter hotline across 115 media markets with a reach of 8 million listeners. The Tom Joyner MYVOTE1 hotline is subsequently picked up and carried over the Urban American Radio Network. The Cable News Network (CNN) executes an agreement with InfoVoter to use its platform to support the CNN Voter Hotline, 1.877.GOCNN08.
2004 – 2006 Infovoter Technologies, produces the NBC Voter Alert Line (1.866.MYVOTE1) – a national hotline streaming exclusive audio content to NBC. This content feeds NBC’s live broadcast from the National Constitution Center on Election Day, November 2, 2004 as well as NBC Nightly News broadcasts in the week leading up to the election. This technology, Vote411, also supports a second national Election Day hotline (1.866.OURVOTE) for a consortium of civil rights groups and labor organizations.
2003 InfoVoter’s predecessor, VoterLink Data Systems, designs and produces election day coverage, called “The War Room”, for, WPHT Radio, “The Big Talker” 1210 AM Philadelphia. The station, using VoterLink’s Tracker technology, is able to deliver, for the first time in radio broadcast history, live real-time turnout tracking to a radio audience.
2002 VoterLink introduces two breakthrough technologies in the political marketplace: Robo+ customizing automated telecommunications in the political marketplace; Tracker providing the capability to track Election Day turnout in real-time across state lines.
Ken Smukler, has been a regular contributor on MSNBC and FOX News as well as a regular presenter for The Women’s Campaign School At Yale University, The University of Pennsylvania’s Fels’ School of Government, George Washington University, and Columbia University.
Ken is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (BS’82) and the Dickinson School of Law (JD’85).
Ken lives in Villanova (PA) with his wife, Shelly Urban, an attorney specializing in commercial litigation, and their three daughters, Lucy (16), Phoebe (13), and Camille (10).
- Interests:
- Elections, Politics, Tennis, Technology
- Goals:
- A more perfect union.
- Personal Or Corporate Website:
- http://www.infovoter2008.com
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