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David Becker

Director, Election Initiatives
The Pew Charitable Trusts

David Becker is director of Election Initiatives for Pew. He supervises work in election administration, including research and reform efforts to improve military and overseas voting; assess election performance through better data; use technology to provide voters with information they need to cast a ballot; and upgrade voter registration systems.

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