Ken Smukler

Ken Smukler
Residence	Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
Education	University of Pennsylvania

Kenneth "Ken" Smukler is a prominent political operative in Pennsylvania and president of Voterlink Data Systems.

He graduated from University of Pennsylvania in 1982.

He is best known for his work on the campaigns for Congresswoman Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky and Philadelphia City Councilman Rick Mariano.

In 2005, he developed a reality television program called Red/Blue where contestants would compete for $1 million to found their own 527 group during the 2006 election cycle. The program was developed by Smukler and True Entertainment.

His company, Voterlink Data Systems was used to generate content for NBC during the 2004 elections.

Voterlink Data Systems was used to create the national vote hotlines 1.866.MYVOTE1 and 1.866.OURVOTE. The same technology was used to support the national voter hotlines 1.866.MYVOTE1 and 1.866.OURVOTE. In 2005, he testified before the Commission on Federal Election Reform about the MYVOTE1 programs.

He was named to the PoliticsPA list of "Pennsylvania's Top Operatives." He was named to the PoliticsPA "Democratic Dream Team" of political operatives.

In 2016, he co-founded the company Votecastr, to track the 2016 Presidential Election in real-time, publishing the results of turnout tracking at Poll Locations online throughout the day.

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