Democracy Live
Democracy Live is one of the nation’s leading technology firms focused on delivering innovative eBalloting products to each of the 200 million eligible voters in the U.S.
Through our hosted LiveBallot system, Democracy Live empowers voters with tools for the 21st century. LiveBallot has been reviewed and approved for funding by the U.S. Department of Defense and by the U.S. Department of Heath and Human Services. Selected for use in multiple states, including Florida, California, and Virginia, LiveBallot is hosted in the secure Microsoft cloud to deliver electronic ballots and balloting information to all U.S. voters, virtually anywhere, anytime on any platform.
Democracy Live is completely non-partisan and privately financed by a group made up of Democrats, Republicans and Independents.
People: With over sixty years of elections and technology experience, the Democracy Live team offers proven, 21st century eBalloting and voter information technologies. The Democracy Live team consists of former public officials, leading elections technologists, security experts, academics and successful entrepreneurs. To read more about our team, see below.
Products: Deployed in hundreds of U.S. jurisdictions since 2007, our LiveBallot eBalloting platform offers multiple applications, including: electronic Balloting for military and disabled voters, voter specific electronic sample ballots, interactive, multimedia voter guide, voter look-up tools, auto-ballot duplication and more.
Initiatives: Our Democracy 360™ initiative offers on-demand voter information, regardless of proximity or physical limitations. Democracy 360™ means an emersion of voter information readily available anywhere, anytime. Through Democracy 360, voters can access their balloting and voting information and engage with their public officials via the emerging communication platforms surrounding voters. These platforms include mobile, Web, Search engines, internet TV and other content delivery methods. Democracy Live tools offers a simple, proven and turn-key method to assist both elections and public officials better engage with voters.
Success: Democracy Live technology has been approved for federal funding by both the Dept. of Defense and Health and Human Services to assist voters domestically and abroad. Over 200 jurisdictions used the Democracy Live LiveBallot™ system in the last election. LiveBallot is also used domestically to assist voters with disabilities access their balloting information. For the first time ever in the U.S., disabled voters were able to access and vote their ballot in private using the LiveBallot system.
Future: You will soon find your ballot and balloting information anytime and anywhere you demand it, across multiple platforms and media. When you do, it will most likely will be the Democracy Live engine delivering that vital information.
Our Team
Bryan Finney
Democracy Live Founder, President
Mr. Finney brings nearly two decades of experience both in the technology and political fields. Starting off as a young staffer in Washington DC and then leading one of the fastest growing Internet companies during the 1990's, Bryan merged his political, business and technology background resulting in the development of some of the most innovative elections and voting technologies. Bryan received his MBA in Technology Marketing and has over a decade in the elections and voting technology space.
Joe Brotherton, JD, CPA
Chairman, Democracy Live
Joe Brotherton is a Seattle Based Attorney, CPA and Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Washington. Joe is also a successful entrepreneur across multiple fronts. Joe was recently named one of Seattle's "Most Influential".
Democracy Live has a special appeal for Joe.
“I started my career as a computer programmer and systems designer in the 70’s so I have a longtime interest in technology. Democracy Live will bring efficiency, accuracy, accountability and accessibility to the voting process for every voter in America and every serviceman or woman serving overseas. I will be very proud to assist in that effort.”
Mr. Brotherton has served on many corporate and philanthropic Boards and is the current President of the Attorney-CPA Foundation, past-chairman and current Trustee of Cornish College of the Arts, past President of the University of Washington Law School Foundation and Trustee of the Foster School ADF board. He and his wife, Maureen and their five children have been active in Teens In Public Service, of which his wife and daughter, Tia Brotherton Heim, were co-founders. Joe and Maureen also perform annual service work in Ethiopia and Uganda. In his spare time, Joe is a longtime volunteer at the prison in Monroe, spending one night a week there with “The Lifers.” Joe describes it as “the best four hours of his week.”
Joe’s avocation has always been teaching. In his early years, he taught technical subjects including Accounting Information Systems and more recently lectured on Ethics, Law & Commerce. Joe is a graduate of the Business and Law schools at the University of Washington where he has taught most of the last 25 years. He is currently teaching at the UW School of Law. In addition, he has taught at Seattle University, North Seattle and Seattle Central Community Colleges, Cornish College (Ethics and Law for the Practicing Artist) and, combining his interests in education and prison reform, at the University Behind Bars at the penitentiary in Monroe.
Pam Daniels
Executive Management; Democracy Live, Inc.
International eGovernment Consultant; USAID
Pam is a national and international eGovernment expert specializing in public sector reforms as well as modernizing government and political processes. She brings 30 years experience in the legal profession and 12 years as an elected countywide official for Snohomish County, WA. As an elected official Pam managed a large countywide eGovernment system. Pam's extensive experience includes involvement in local, state and national government and politics.
Before joining Democracy Live, Pam has provided expert eGoconsulting services to USAID. Pam has been an advocate for improved government systems and public access to information through increased transparency, accountability and process efficiencies. She is passionate about election system efficiencies and voter access to information to improve citizen involvement.
“As a former county elected official for 3 terms (as well as my involvement at the state and federal levels), I was extremely frustrated at the number of houses I passed in neighborhoods where they were not registered voters when doorbelling. I continue to be concerned about the lack of younger voters and the lack of information readily available to voters about candidates. Working with Democracy Live, I am able to be a part of a superior technology system that is addressing these issues and more!”
Hon. Ralph Munro
Ralph Munro was the Secretary of State for Washington State from 1980 to 2001. Under Mr. Munro's leadership, Washington State saw significant advancement in the efficiency of state election services including absentee voting, voter registration, election reporting and voter information. His notable achievements include implementing the presidential primary allowing independent voters to participate in the nomination process; transitioning election equipment from lever machines to more technologically advanced optical scan systems; designing the "Motor Voter" registration system that offers citizens the opportunity to register to vote at the same time they obtain a driver's license; and supporting a program that allowed Washington-based Desert Storm troops to vote via fax from the Persian Gulf. Currently, Mr. Munro serves on the Board of Advisors for Democracy Live.