Law, Technology, and Security
I work at the intersection of law and technology. My research focuses on public-interest cybersecurity, especially concerning voting systems.
University of Michigan — PhD Student, Computer Science (ongoing)
Stanford Law School — JD, Law (conferred June 2026)
Braden L. Crimmins (28 Minn. J.L. Sci. & Tech.)
Explaining that HAVA prohibits use of purely electronic voting systems, including Internet voting, in federal elections.
Braden L. Crimmins, Dhanya Y. Narayanan, Drew Springall, J. Alex Halderman (USENIX Security)
Identified and responsibly disclosed a vulnerability in voting machines used across 21 states. See https://dvsorder.org/.
Braden L. Crimmins, J. Alex Halderman, Bradley Sturt (INFORMS 2025)
Introduced a novel method for detecting voting-machine misconfigurations before elections.
Josiah Walker, Nakul Bajaj, Braden L. Crimmins, J. Alex Halderman (E-Vote-ID)
Surveyed and documented the pre-election testing procedures used across all fifty states.
Braden L. Crimmins, Marshall Rhea, J. Alex Halderman (Financial Cryptography)
Designed cryptographic voting systems that extend end-to-end verifiability to vote-by-mail.
Co-Founder & Manager
Enabling better pre-election testing of voting equipment.
Editor-in-Chief · Formerly Lead Editor, Articles Editor, & Member Editor
Selected and edited articles for the Stanford Technology Law Review. Elected to serve as Editor-in-Chief.
Office of Legal Policy Technology Fellow
Served as the inaugural technology fellow in the Department of Justice.