Ken Smukler
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Kenneth "Ken" Smukler is a prominent political operative in Pennsylvania and president of Voterlink Data Systems.
He graduated from University of Pennsylvania in 1982.[1]
He is best known for his work on the campaigns for Congresswoman Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky and Philadelphia City Councilman Rick Mariano.[2]
In 2005, he co-developed a reality television program called Red/Blue where contestants would compete for $1 million to found their own 527 group during the 2006 election cycle.[2] The program was developed by Smukler and True Entertainment.[3][4]
His company, Voterlink Data Systems was used to generate content for NBC during the 2004 elections.[5]
Voterlink Data Systems was used to create the national vote hotlines 1.866.MYVOTE1 and 1.866.OURVOTE.[6] The same technology was used to support the national voter hotlines 1.866.MYVOTE1 and 1.866.OURVOTE.[5] In 2005, he testified before the Commission on Federal Election Reform about the MYVOTE1 programs.[7]
He was named to the PoliticsPA list of "Pennsylvania's Top Operatives."[8] He was named to the PoliticsPA "Democratic Dream Team" of political operatives.[9]
In 2016, he co-founded the company Votecastr, to track the 2016 Presidential Election in real-time, publishing the results of turnout tracking at Poll Locations online throughout the day.[10]
On Oct 24, 2017 he was indicted by federal prosecutors for allegedly making illegal campaign contributions on behalf of Congressman Bob Brady.[11] On December 3, 2018, he was convicted of 9 out of 11 counts against him, and he will be sentenced in March, 2019.[12]
References
- ^ Vasserman, Kate (December 1, 2005). "Alumnus speaks of political leadership". The Daily Pennsylvanian.
- ^ a b Issenberg, Sasha (September 2005). "Power: Is Ken Smukler for Real?". Philadelphia. Philadelphia.
- ^ Reid, Robit T. (September 1, 2005). "Political reality TV. Red/Blue, a reality show about politics, searching a political consultant". Campaigns & Elections.
- ^ Maynard, John (July 21, 2005). "Reality TV Gets Political Spin In 'Red/Blue' Series Proposal". The Washington Post.
- ^ a b "Kenneth Smukler (C '82)". Fox Leadership. University of Pennsylvania.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Commission of Federal Election Reform: Ken Smukler". American University. Archived from the original on 2009-09-24.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Testimony of Ken Smukler, President, InfoVoter Technologies" (PDF). Commission on Federal Election Reform. June 30, 2005.
- ^ "Pennsylvania's Top Operatives". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. 2001. Archived from the original on 2001-12-14.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Democratic Dream Team". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. 2001. Archived from the original on 2002-08-03.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Corasaniti, Nick (2016-09-10). "Real-Time Election Day Projections May Upend News Tradition". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
- ^ "2 top Brady aides charged in probe of payoff to 2012 primary rival". Philly.com. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
- ^ "Influential Philadelphia-Area Political Consultant Convicted at Trial of Political Corruption". Department of Justice. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
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