David Markus - Gubernatorial and Presidential Campaigns

Gubernatorial and Presidential Campaigns

In 2006, Markus staffed the Transition Working Group on Government Reform for the incoming administration of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and Lt. Governor David Paterson.

In 2008, Markus took leaves of absence from the Judiciary to join Barack Obama's presidential campaign. During the primaries, Markus served as a voter protection counsel in Indiana and Pennsylvania. During the 2008 general election, Markus was appointed Deputy Director for Voter Protection in Pennsylvania, where he helped protect voting rights and ensure the sufficiency and integrity of electronic voting machines.

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