EVN Past Awardees

2025

The EVN 2025 Public Service Award for protecting and promoting election integrity and
verifiable elections, to a public official or governmental unit at any level or branch of
government, including election officials, legislators, and procurement officers
Cait Conley, CISA

The EVN 2025 Research Award for research and publications (of any type and in any venue)
that develop the scientific, technical, legal, statistical, historical, or other intellectual foundations
and critiques essential for achieving verifiable elections and promoting election integrity
Paul Burke, State Audit Working Group, VoteWell

The EVN 2025 Innovation Award for path-breaking product development that greatly
facilitates robust election verification and auditing. Any innovator, including vendors and R & D
firms is eligible for this award. (Other practices, such as effective documentation or, conversely,
misleading product claims, may be taken into account.)
VA Cyber Navigation Internship Program

The EVN 2025 Journalism Award for outstanding journalism, in any medium, that has
enhanced public and policymaker knowledge about election integrity issues, including
vulnerabilities of deployed or proposed voting and tabulation systems, problems in real elections,
and election verification methods
Brianna Lennon and Eric Fey, High Turnout Wide Margin Podcast
Michelle Griffith, Minnesota Reformer

The EVN 2025 Advocacy Award- honors a champion of election integrity whose exceptional
dedication and effective advocacy has greatly improved the transparency, security or
accessibility of elections.
Corrie Emerson, Verified Voting
Liz Iacobucci, Common Cause

The EVN 2025 Long-Term Contributor Award honoring an individual and/or organization for
more than ten years of extraordinarily broad and beneficial achievements for verifiable elections
Aleks Essex, Western University

The EVN 2025 John Gideon Memorial Award given for heroic and effective advocacy for
verifiable elections at any level (local, state, national or international)*
John McCarthy (posthumously), Verified Voting