High Turnout Wide Margins

S1E5 EAC and the VVSG with Ben Hovland

By Brianna Lennon, Eric Fey
Published January 14, 2021 6:00 am CST

U.S. Election Assistance Commission Chairman Ben Hovland joins Brianna and Eric for a conversation about the EAC’s role in working with local election administrators, the evolution of the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines, and elections funding.

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Brianna Lennon

County Clerk

After serving as Assistant Attorney General in the Missouri attorney general’s office and as Deputy Director of Elections in the Missouri secretary of state’s office, Brianna Lennon made the decision to pursue election administration at the local level. She was elected county clerk in Boone, Missouri, in 2018, making her responsible for conducting elections for more than 120,000 registered voters.

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Eric Fey

Director of Elections

Eric Fey is a lifelong resident of St. Louis County, Missouri, who fell in love with election administration as a teenage poll worker. He has worked in the field for a decade, and became director of elections in 2015. He’s on the executive board of the Missouri Association of County Clerks and Election Authorities, and has observed elections in twelve countries, including Ukraine, Sri Lanka, and Uzbekistan.

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The High Turnout Wide Margins Podcast hosted by Brianna Lennon, Boone County, Missouri clerk and Eric Fey, director of elections in St. Louis County, Missouri debuted in late 2020. Past episodes, featuring a variety of guests, cover a broad range of election administration topics from election security to voter registration to the day-to-day operations of an elections office and so much more.

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