Donetta Davidson

Donetta Davidson
Chairperson of the Election Assistance Commission
In office
February 2010 – December 12, 2011
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byGineen Beach
In office
January 3, 2007 – January 17, 2008
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byPaul DeGregorio
Succeeded byRosemary Rodriguez
Secretary of State of Colorado
In office
July 21, 1999 – July 28, 2005
GovernorBill Owens
Preceded byVictoria Buckley
Succeeded byGigi Dennis
Personal details
Born1943 (age 80–81)
Liberal, Kansas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican

Donetta L. Davidson was a member of the United States Election Assistance Commission and served as Secretary of State of Colorado. She was elected Chair of the EAC for 2010.[1] She previously served as Chair in 2007 and Vice-Chair in 2008. Her term of service extended through December 12, 2011.

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.[2] 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 re-elected to a full four-year term in 2002.

As Secretary of State she gained both praise and criticism for cleaning up Colorado's voter rolls, a controversial move[3] that resulted in nearly one in five names (19.4 percent) being deleted from the voting rolls.[4][5]

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.

References

  1. ^ "Voter registration forms now in 5 Asian languages". San Diego Union-Tribune. 11 March 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
  2. ^ "News Release". www.sos.state.co.us. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  3. ^ Left, Sarah (1 November 2004). "Wary Colorado prepares for no confidence vote". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
  4. ^ Kennedy, Robert F. Jr.; Palast; Greg (Oct 30, 2008). "Block the Vote". Rolling Stone. Vol. 85. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  5. ^ Roberts, Michael. ""Block the Vote" co-author and Rolling Stone contributor Greg Palast on Colorado's troubled voting system". Denver Westword Blogs. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
Political offices
Preceded by Secretary of State of Colorado
1999–2005 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chairperson of the Election Assistance Commission
2007–2008 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chairperson of the Election Assistance Commission
2010–2011