About eVoter Ohio – The Service and the Company Behind it.

About eVoter

eVoter (www.evoter.com) is the unbiased, non-partisan election information site where voters, candidates and organizations connect online. eVoter.com was designed with the goal of providing voters with concise unbiased information on every candidate and measure on their ballot. On the site, voters can generate a personalized interactive sample ballot instantly, view candidate profiles, make contributions, view organizational endorsements, find polling places, download absentee ballot applications and more.  eVoter partners with major media outlets across the country, including NBC Local Media to power their online voter information. This ensures that candidate profiles and organization endorsements receive maximum exposure - when motivated voters are actually making their choices - all for a very minimal cost to candidates and free for voters.

 

eVoter is currently providing election information for hundreds of thousands of voters in California, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota and Ohio with more States, including Pennsylvania, coming soon. Owned and operated by Political Technologies LLC and with an Advisory Board including David Wilhelm, former Democratic National Committee Chair and Jo Ann Davidson former Republican National Committee Co-Chair, eVoter is uniquely positioned to take advantage of an unprecedented political climate, one in which voters are increasingly looking online for relevant and unbiased political information.

Follow eVoter on Facebook, Twitter and WordPress. For more information contact eVoter:  support@evoter.com,  pr@evoter.com or call toll free at (866) 976-0555.


eVoter is the first online service to provide a single destination where:

  • Voters can instantly generate a personalized Sample Ballot online containing the Candidates and ballot measures for their voting district. Voters can view candidate profiles, filter candidates/measures by organizational endorsements, directly message candidates, contribute to campaigns, and support candidates.
  • Candidates can communicate their positions on issues to voters, fundraise, manage their online campaign, and gather grassroots support using tools that were previously either too costly or cumbersome.
  • Organizations can publicize their endorsements, interact with voters, and aid campaign fundraising.
  • We believe that eVoter will change the way elections are run. It will change the way voters access information and change how candidates campaign. In 2008, the Obama Campaign used the Internet effectively - but it was a major national campaign that had access to resources that are typically inaccessible to the vast majority of political campaigns in the United States. We think that the public's Internet involvement in the Obama (and other) campaigns – through Internet contributions, Facebook campaigns, etc. – shows that voters are hungry for information and are increasingly using the Internet to find it.

Serving Voters

On eVoter, Voters can generate their own personalized interactive Sample Ballot, learn about and support candidates and browse organizational endorsements – all at no charge.

Voters have the ability to:

  • Create, view, save and print their own personalized interactive Sample Ballots
  • Request a vote-by-mail (Absentee Ballot) application (where allowed by law)
  • Search directly for any candidate by name
  • View official candidate information as well as candidate created Profiles (including the ability to share them online)
  • Offer a range of support to select candidates, from yard signs to campaign contributions
  • Directly message a candidate and receive messages to their eVoter™ account (registration required)
  • Learn which organizations have endorsed a candidate
  • Browse organizational endorsements of candidates and measures

Serving Candidates

Candidates and ballot measure committees can use eVoter to publicize their campaigns through custom profiles. Candidates who register on eVoter can purchase an interactive Profile which goes well beyond the official ballot descriptions.

We charge candidates a low rate per election cycle. This allows the smallest down-ballot races (such as city council, judicial, or school board races) to have access to the benefits of Internet campaigning and fundraising at a price which is far less than sending direct mail, putting up signs or placing ads in local papers.

Candidates can manage their accounts and Profile online through a Candidate Dashboard. They can:

  • Create their own unique Internet address – i.e. www.evoter.com/voteforme
  • Create a customized profile including images, endorsements and more
  • Receive messages from voters and send messages to registered supporters and contributors
  • Solicit and Receive contributions on their Profile by signing up with our affiliated payment processor.
  • View statistics and summary information about their Profile visitors and contributors

Serving Organizations

Organizations can use eVoter as the most cost-effective way of publicizing their endorsements widely.

For Organizations, including political parties and issue-based organizations that endorse political candidates or measures, eVoter provides one of the most effective means for highlighting the candidates they have endorsed. There are thousands of local, state and federal organizations that endorse candidates and ballot measures. Some of them currently mail out slate cards and/or include their endorsements in their publications and websites. However, mailing out slate cards to large numbers of people is prohibitively expensive and without promotion, most organizations are left with websites that are rarely visited and thus virtually useless.

The cost of an organization listing its endorsements on eVoter varies based on the number of Candidates they are endorsing. We keep our fees low to encourage participation.

Our Team

Adam Kravitz – Chief Executive Officer

Adam brings more than 15 years of executive management, international corporate finance and legal expertise to Political Technologies.

As Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors, Adam's primary responsibility is to build Political Technologies into the nation's premier election & voting information resource, serving the needs of both Voters and Candidates.

Adam is an American and English lawyer specializing in corporate finance, M&A, and securities law. Prior to Political Technologies, Adam ran a successful consulting and legal practice and has served as a director and legal advisor for several public companies. He served as an Executive Director and General Counsel of Spark Networks plc (formerly MatchNet plc), which runs some of the world's leading online dating websites, including JDate.com. At Spark, he was responsible for all legal affairs, as well as having administrative and strategic responsibility for its international operations and subsidiaries. In addition to his day-to-day contributions to Spark, Adam was instrumental in securing capital for the company, culminating in a successful initial public offering (IPO).

Adam's interest in the election process was evident when early in his career he acted as a political consultant in California specializing in voter targeting technologies.

Adam received a B.A. degree from McGill University in Montreal, a J.D. from the University of Houston and an M.Sc. (with distinction) in International History from the London School of Economics.

Brian Clarke – Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer

Brian has held management positions in Finance, Marketing and Operations with leading new media and technology enterprises for more than ten years, offering a rare combination of skill and experience.

As Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Political Technologies, his responsibilities include not only managing the company's finances and accounting, but also the day-to-day responsibility for the operational success of the company, ensuring that all departments work together in achieving the company's aggressive goals.

Prior to Political Technologies, Brian served as COO, CFO and as a Board Member for Big Jump Media, Inc. where he was instrumental in helping the company secure +$15 million in Series A funding as well as helping to establish the company as a Top 500 website in the U.S.

At Spark Networks plc, a publicly traded provider of online personals services, Brian served as CFO, responsible  for  all  aspects  of the company’s financial management and public company reporting. He successfully managed the company's growth from 30 employees and $8 million in annual revenues in 2001 to 180 employees and $65 million in annual revenues by 2004.  Later Brian held the additional role of Executive VP for the company’s largest online community.  With 10 million registered users, it accounted for approximately half of the company’s revenues.   In that role he managed all aspects of the business unit including product, technology, strategy and customer service, as well as an annual online marketing budget of $15 million.

Brian also served as Chief Financial Officer for a web development start-up, Atension, ultimately acquired by Rare Medium. Brian then served as Director of Operations for Rare Medium’s San Antonio office, where he was responsible for 40 employees and annual revenues of $5 million.

Brian is a graduate of Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, where he earned a Masters Degree in Accounting.

Andrew Hawkins – Chief Technology Officer

Andrew brings 5 years of broad hands-on Internet application development, data management and networking technology experience to Political Technologies.

As Chief Technical Officer Andrew is responsible for all technical aspects of the company's services, including the day-to-day management and operation of the company's web site as well the design and build of the site's supporting applications and data systems. 

Prior to Political Technologies, Andrew served as Vice President of Technology for Big Jump Media, Inc. as one of the company's earliest employees Andrew was directly responsible for designing and building virtually all aspects of the company's core social media services. Andrew's efforts were instrumental in the company's site being named by comScore as the fastest growing in the US in August 2007, with traffic successfully scaling by 900% to almost 2 million unique visitors in a single month.

Prior to Big Jump Media he served as Senior Webmaster at AdSmart, a leading UK based advertising network, where in addition to managing the company's network of sites, his responsibilities included management of application development as well as Campaign & Network Services.  

Andrew is a member of the ISSA (International Systems Security Association), OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) and the Linux Foundation.

Michael Riddell – Chief Product Development Officer

Michael has worked in management positions in the Online and Consumer Electronics industries for fifteen years and brings a broad range of Internet product development and related technologies knowledge to Political Technologies.

As Chief Product Development Officer for Political Technologies, Michael is responsible for the design and management of the company's online products and services including related user interface and user experience efforts.

Prior to Political Technologies, Michael served as Chief Information Officer for Big Jump Media, Inc. where he was responsible for all aspects of application development, technical product management, information architecture, network infrastructure management and security for the company's fast growing online social media services.

As Executive Vice President for New Product Development at Spark Networks plc, he was responsible for designing and managing new product and conversion initiatives. Michael was instrumental in creating the online features and logic that lead to the company's doubling of subscription revenues year-over-year for 4 consecutive years.

Michael currently serves on the Board of Directors for Art On Demand Inc., provider of fine art licensing, printing and framing solutions and as an advisor to abcInvesting.com, provider of online learning tools and materials for individuals seeking unbiased retirement & financial planning information. Previously he served on the Board of Directors for Playahead AB, an online social networking company based in Sweden (now a division of MTG AB), as a member of the Product Advisory Board at Fast Search & Transfer ASA, a Norwegian provider of enterprise search and related technologies (now a division of Microsoft).

Michael is an honors graduate of the University of California, Davis.