2016-08-15T18:21:04-07:00 2015-12-31 990EZ 2015-01-01 452334002 The Center for Election Science CENT 2027607051 1860 McAllister Street San Francisco CA 94115 Stephen Cobb Treasurer 6033200316 2016-08-15 2015 2016-12-15 16:53:06Z X X www.electology.org X X 37701 X 26250 0 0 1 11450 11318 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26383 0 0 7804 1000 0 503 15965 25272 1111 7978 0 9089 X 7083 11469 0 0 895 895 7978 12364 0 3275 7978 9089 The Center for Election Science is a nonpartisan nonprofit comprised of voting system experts and activists dedicated to helping people make better collective decisions. We pursue election-related scholarship, educating the general public, and promoting voting methods that most benefit the public good. Outreach: Our website continues to host one of the best resources of applied, layperson-friendly voting theory on the internet. In 2015, our site received over 65,000 unique visitors. Our social media reaches nearly 2,000 people who share our content with their friends. We added 15 blog articles to our site discussing voting methods, debate access, ballot access, and anything related to elections. We reached out to a number of organizations to inform them about voting methods.This year we spoke at Liberty Fest, the National Green Party Convention, and the Voting Method and Elections Integrity Symposium. We provided introductory books on voting systems to the nonprofit organization Ethics and Economics Education of New England, as textbooks for a high-school class on political ethics. Our media outreach got us invited on five radio shows and podcasts to talk about our mission and smarter voting methods. Our activities also landed us interviews with MSNBC.com and the Washington Examiner. Consulting: We helped three organizations (the Webby Awards, the Republican Liberty Caucus, and the Hugo Awards) implement better voting methods while simultaneously publicizing our cause. This work on polling led to our flagship reform of Approval Voting being covered in several news sources, including Politico, The Hill, and The Washington Times. Community: We upgraded our server to include user profiles and a discussion forum, to provide a home for the voting-theory community. Under the CES tent, theorists and activists can help each other disseminate voting innovations with much greater efficiency. 0 19787 19787 Andrew Jennings Director and Chair 10 0 0 0 Jameson Quinn Director and Vice Chair 4.00 0 0 0 Janice Dru Director and Parliamentarian 4.00 0 0 0 Patrik Lundh Director and Secretary 4.00 0 0 0 Stephen Cobb Director and Treasurer 8.00 0 0 0 Aaron Hamlin Executive Director 18.6 9561 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Patrik Lundh 1860 McAllister Street San Francisco CA 94115 2027607051 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 0 2568 17675 18187 14932 53362 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2568 17675 18187 14932 53362 28372 24990 0 0 22 1 1 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53386 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 Description;Amount^Travel;5593|Outreach;3210|Information Technology;1594|Human Resources;1296|Total payroll taxes;2521|Office expenses;524|Promotional Merchandise;434|Conferences;350|Bank service charges;256|Telephone and Internet;112|All other expenses;75^Total;15965^ Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 Book inventory: $895. Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 Accounts payable