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Practical Experience with Election Modernization
Donetta Davidson was a member of the United States Election Assistance Commission. Davidson was elected Chair of the EAC for 2010. She previously served as Chair in 2007 and Vice-Chair in 2008. Her term of service extended through December 12, 2011.
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Career
Before joining the EAC, Davidson served as a local election official in Colorado and was the secretary of state of Colorado from 1999 until 2005. A Republican, she was first appointed to the office in 1999 by Governor Bill Owens and was subsequently elected to the office in her own right in 2000 and was reelected to a full four-year term in 2002.
As Secretary of State she gained both praise and criticism for cleaning up Colorado's voter roles, a controversial move that resulted in nearly one in five names (19.4 percent) being deleted from the voting rolls.
In 2005 Davidson was elected President of the National Association of Secretaries of State. She also served on the Election Assistance Commission's Technical Guidelines Committee and on the Federal Election Commission's Advisory Panel.