Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett recently announced that he appointed Paige Burcham Dennis to serve as the Democratic representative for the state on the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Standards Board.
The EAC Standards Board was created under the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002, which was passed by Congress at the time to “make sweeping reforms to the nation’s voting process.”
This board consists of 55 state election officials selected by their respective chief state election officials and 55 local election officials selected through a process supervised by the chief state election official.
According to Hargett’s office, Dennis (pictured above) will serve on behalf of local election officials.
“Paige Burcham Dennis is committed to accurate and fair elections in our great state,” Hargett said in a statement. “This commitment and her elections experience are key contributors to her selection to this important national post.”
As part of the EAC Standards Board, Dennis will help provide “advice, guidance, and support to the EAC on the development of Voluntary Voting System Guidelines.”
According to Hargett’s office, Voluntary Voting System Guidelines are a set of “specifications and requirements that voting systems can be tested against to determine if the systems meet required standards.”
Dennis currently serves as a gubernatorial appointee on the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance and recently finished her term as board chair. She also serves her fourth term on the Obion County Election Commission.
Dennis was previously elected to the Electoral College and served two terms on the State Executive Committee and five terms as the Obion County Democratic Party Chair.
“I am honored to be selected by Secretary of State Tre Hargett to serve on the U.S. Standards Board,” Dennis said in a statement. “I look forward to serving with Tennessee Coordinator of Elections Mark Goins in this appointment. I do not take this appointment lightly and will do my utmost to ensure that our state and nation have free and fair elections.”
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network.
