Being Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable-Modernizing Voting Systems for the 21st Century

Dean Logan is the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk for Los Angeles County, California—the nation’s largest, most diverse and complex local election jurisdiction. In addition to serving as the ex officio Supervisor of Elections, the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk records real property documents; maintains vital records of births, deaths and marriages; issues marriage licenses; performs civil marriage ceremonies; and processes business filings and other documents for Los Angeles County; serving an estimated 3,500 customers daily.

Prior to relocating to Southern California, Mr. Logan served as Director of Records, Elections and Licensing Services in King County, Washington (metropolitan Seattle/Puget Sound), as the Washington State Elections Director and as the elected County Clerk in Kitsap County, Washington.

Currently, Mr. Logan serves on the Executive Board for the California Association of Clerks and Election Officials (CACEO) and the Pew Center on the States’ Voter Registration Modernization and Performance Index for Elections working groups. He is an active participant in the Future of California Elections collaborative; an initiative sponsored and funded by the James T. Irvine Foundation. Past work includes serving on the California Statewide Voter Registration System Advisory Committee and on the National Election Center’s Task Forces on Education & Training and Election Reform.

In 2007, Mr. Logan served as an international elections observer in Morocco on behalf of the National Democratic Institute (NDI). He is the recipient of the 2013 Los Angeles County Quality and Productivity Commission’s Chair Leadership Award and has been previously recognized for distinguished leadership by Sprint USA, the National Association of Community Leadership and the Election Verification Network.

Mr. Logan holds a degree in Organizational Leadership from Azusa Pacific University and earned an Executive Master of Public Administration degree through the Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington. Additionally, he is an instructor for the Public Sector MPA program at California State University, Northridge.