David L. Griscom, aFellowoftheAmericanPhysicalSociety, retiredin 2001 fromtheNavalResearchLaboratoryinWashington, DC, wherehehadbeenaresearchphysicistfor 33 years.Hehassubsequentlyheldvisitingprofessorshipsofresearchatthe Universities of Paris, Lyon, and Saint-Etienne, France, andTokyoInstituteofTechnology;hewasalsoAdjunctProfessorof Materials ScienceandEngineeringatTheUniversityofArizonainTucson.ByvirtueofhiscollaborationwithJohn Brakey in an investigation of poll-worker fraud in Tucson, Griscom wasaninvitedpresenteratboththeNationalElectionReformConference(Nashville, April 2005) andtheElectionAssessmentHearing(Houston, June 2005), as well as the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (San Francisco, February 2007). He is a Coordinator of the Election Defense Alliance.