Amber McReynolds: How I Modernized Denver's Electoral System and Broke Voter Turnout Records

Amber McReynolds is the Executive Director for the National Vote At Home Institute and Coalition and is the former Director of Elections for the City and County of Denver, Colorado. Amber is an experienced election professional and is nationally recognized as an innovator and has proven that designing pro-voter policies, voter-centric processes, and implementing technical innovations will improve the voting experience. Under her leadership, Denver Elections earned national and international recognition from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, Election Center, the National Association of Counties, and the International Centre for Parliamentary Studies (ICPS) for Ballot TRACE (a first-in-the-nation ballot tracking, reporting, and communication engine) and eSign, a digital petition circulation application that makes the ballot access process more efficient.

Amber was also recognized as a 2018 Top Public Official of the Year by Governing Magazine for her transformational work to improve the voting experience in Denver and across Colorado. Amber serves on the Advisory Board for the MIT Election Data and Science Lab, Circle of Advisors for Democracy Fund’s Election Validation Project, Women’s Foundation of Colorado Empowerment Council, Executive Board for LIFT Colorado, City Year Denver Board of Directors, the Public Policy Committee of the Colorado Women’s Chamber, and was a graduate of the Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce Leadership Denver 2017. Amber has a Masters of Science from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Amber is also currently serving as a senior strategic advisor on various election-focused projects across the country.
She has also served as an election expert witness and collaborates with various national and state professional organizations to identify and implement best practices in election administration.