James Wiley
- Occupation
- Consultant and legal assistant; MBA; election-integrity advocate
What this job does
Runs Colorado's elections: voter registration, campaign finance reports, and checking signatures on citizen ballot petitions. Also registers businesses, charities and lobbyists and licenses notaries. A term is four years, two in a row at most. source: ballotpedia.org
Background
- Age 32; says growing up overseas after the fall of communism shaped views on election trustworthiness. source: coloradopolitics.com
- Holds an MBA and describes self as a consultant and legal assistant. source: coloradopolitics.com
- Founded the Union of Ballot Counters. source: coloradopolitics.com
- Former executive director of the Libertarian Party of Colorado. source: en.wikipedia.org
In their own words
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- Citizen-controlled elections and accurate voter rolls source: coloradopolitics.com
- One-day in-person voting with voter ID and paper ballots; tighter mail-ballot verification source: coloradopolitics.com
- Fewer electronic counting systems source: coloradopolitics.com
- More searchable campaign finance filings source: coloradopolitics.com
- Less red tape for businesses source: coloradopolitics.com
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