David C. King is an American political consultant

Political consulting

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 and Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Election reform

In the wake of the 2000 presidential election

United States presidential election, 2000

The United States presidential election of 2000 was a contest between Republican candidate George W. Bush, then-governor of Texas and son of former president George H. W. Bush , and Democratic candidate Al Gore, then-Vice President....

, Professor King directed the Task Force on Election Administration for the National Commission on Election Reform, chaired by former presidents Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford

Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974...

 and Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter

James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...

. That effort culminated in landmark voting rights legislation signed by President George W. Bush

George W. Bush

George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....

 in late 2002. He later oversaw an evaluation and new management structure for the Boston

Boston

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 Election Department.

Harvard Kennedy School

David King is the faculty director of Harvard's program for Newly Elected Members of the U.S. Congress. He has run similar programs for the State Duma

Duma

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 of the Russian Federation

Russia

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, and he has advised on legislative design issues in several countries, including South Korea

South Korea

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, Nicaragua

Nicaragua

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, Chile

Chile

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, and Bolivia

Bolivia

Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...

. Along with John Della Volpe at SocialSphere (www.socialsphere.com), Professor King has overseen Harvard's surveys of young peoples interests in community service and politics.

Publications

David King is co-author of The Generation of Trust: Public Confidence in the U.S. Military Since Vietnam, (2003), author of Turf Wars: How Congressional Committees Claim Jurisdiction (1997), and co-editor of Why People Don't Trust Government (1997).