About

Mark has spent nearly 30 years as an election protection watchdog, civil rights activist, and federal voting rights attorney through his Washington, DC law office; he has designed, run, and participated in election protection programs nationwide. He is an elected National Committeeman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), Arizona Democratic Party State Committee Member, and Precinct Committeeman; he has over three decades of campaign experience and previously served as the Maricopa County Democratic Party’s election integrity director and co-chair of the Arizona Democratic Law Professionals Association. A three-decade union member, he has enjoyed a long career as a stage and screen actor, writer, director, producer, and Off-Broadway artistic director; he is also an entertainment and arts attorney. An Arizona native and graduate of Phoenix public schools, he holds degrees from Princeton University (Public & International Affairs, Afro-American Studies), Columbia Law School, and Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

Danny Weiss is the Political Coordinator for the Voting Rights Fund. He is a current Masters student at the Elliot School for International Affairs at GW. Previously, Danny was an entrepreneur in residence at NosTerra Ventures, working on building the Democracy initiative. Danny conducted high-level analyses of state environmental policy and built landscape analyses of clean technologies and democracy organization. While an EIR, Danny handled VC deal flow and was involved in the incubation of three companies in the pharmaceutical, energy, and photonics industry. Danny was the youngest member at NosTerra, joining as a research intern and becoming the Democracy entrepreneur in 2023. Danny received his B.A. in Political Science from Colorado College. He spends his free time reading, hiking, volunteering, and cooking.

Paul is a Tempe-based Arizona elections law attorney for 30+ years. He has worked with Democratic organizations on election protection and redistricting issues for most of that time. He served as the General Counsel for the Maricopa County Democratic Party, the Chair of his LD6 Democratic organization and is a longtime Arizona State Committee Member. Paul is the founder and host of two recent “Arizona Democracy Never Sleeps” telethons supporting election-related measures. He is currently incoming Chair for the Arizona Democratic Law Professionals Association. In his spare time, Paul co-founded and publishes ArizonasPolitics.com, and founded ArizonasLaw.org. In that capacity, he has investigated and written extensively about Arizona’s dark money roots, and (too) many election integrity cases.

Paul F. Eckstein is a partner in the Phoenix office of Perkins Coie LLP, a national law firm with over 1,200 lawyers. A graduate of Pomona College (1962) and Harvard Law School (1965), Mr. Eckstein has practiced law at Perkins Coie LLP and its predecessors since his admission to the Arizona Bar in 1965. For his first three years in practice, Mr. Eckstein emphasized transactional and tax work. For the last 56 plus years, Mr. Eckstein’s practice has focused on civil litigation matters at both the trial and appellate level, with special emphasis on First Amendment, federal and state constitutional, election (including numerous cases involving initiatives and referenda), antitrust, intellectual property and commercial law issues. Mr. Eckstein is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. In 1988, Mr. Eckstein served as co-prosecutor in the impeachment trial of Gov. Evan Mecham. Mr. Eckstein was an adjunct professor and taught constitutional law at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University from 2016-2020, and in 2022.

Daymon Ely served in two elected positions: Sandoval County Commissioner (2000-2004) and New Mexico State House Representative (2017-2022). In the NM State House, Representative Ely was the Rules Chair and Parliamentarian, and sponsored and passed numerous voting rights bills. He was involved in New Mexico’s 2022 reapportionment, and has lifelong involvement in political campaigns, starting in childhood as the son of then-Arizona Democratic Chair Herb Ely. A graduate of Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law (1982) and licensed to practice law in both Arizona and New Mexico, his legal practice has, for the past 20 plus years, focused upon actions against attorneys for negligent and willful conduct, as well as voting rights challenges against candidates.

Representative Deb Lavender has served the Missouri House for the past eight years. Her dedication and commitment to the work has made a difference in the Missouri Democratic Party by encouraging others to run (maybe more than once) in order to flip a seat from red to blue, as she did. Her work in the legislature was spent working in Budget Committee with Republicans to steer funds towards providers who work with seniors and the people living with disabilities.

Signa Oliver is a native Phoenician who has lived a life of public service. She is a voting rights activist and Chair of Indivisible South Mountain and a member of the State of AZ Veteran’s Caucus and the AZ State Attorney General’s Veteran’s Commission. In 2022, Signa was elected to serve on the PXU Governing Board. She has formerly served as a PPD Officer, US Army Judge Advocate General Officer, and Special Assistant US Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (University of Phoenix) and a Juris Doctor (Texas Southern University – Thurgood Marshall School of Law).

Roberto A. Reveles, is a native Arizonan, son of Mexican immigrants. His roots in Democratic campaigns stretch back to mid-1950’s when he joined the staff of Congressman Stewart L. Udall. He worked with 5 Democratic members of Congress during his 24 years on their congressional staff. Reveles retired as chief of staff to Congressman Mo Udall. During that period he helped organize extensive networking among Latino communities and building relationships with the Democratic Party.

A graduate of his hometown’s segregated public school system, Reveles is a Korean War veteran, and graduated from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. He co-founded Bullion Plaza Cultural Center and Museum in the segregated school he attended. He served as President of the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona and continues as an active member. Reveles is a member of the Arizona Democratic Party Executive Committee and was an elected congressional district delegate to the 2024 Democratic National Convention.