Hans A. von Spakovsky
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Hans A. von Spakovsky is a Commissioner of the Federal Election Commission (FEC), the United States federal agency charged with enforcing campaign finance laws. He was nominated to the FEC by President George W. Bush on December 15, 2005 and was appointed on January 4, 2006.
Prior to his appointment, von Spakovsky was Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Justice, where he provided expertise and advice on voting and election issues, including of the Help America Vote Act of 2002.
Commissioner von Spakovsky has had a wide range of experiences in election related issues, including service on the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections, which administered elections in the largest county in Georgia. He is a past member of the Georgia Election Officials Association and the International Association of Clerks, Recorders, Election Officials and Treasurers. The Commission on Federal Election Reform, organized by President Jimmy Carter and Secretary James Baker, has also sought his expertise. Commissioner von Spakovsky has testified before state and Congressional legislative committees and published articles on voter fraud, election reform, e-government, and Internet voting.
Prior to entering public service, von Spakovsky worked as a government affairs consultant, in a corporate legal department, and in private practice. He received a J.D. from the Vanderbilt University Law School in 1984 and a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1981. He is a member of the Georgia and Tennessee bars. He is a first-generation American whose parents immigrated to the United States in 1951 after meeting in a refugee camp as displaced persons after the end of World War II. He is originally from Huntsville, Alabama.
