{"id":4630,"date":"2019-04-12T20:09:36","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T20:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/?post_type=person&#038;p=4630"},"modified":"2024-07-08T19:39:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T23:39:33","slug":"aquene-freechild","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.citizen.org\/about\/person\/aquene-freechild\/","title":{"rendered":"Aquene Freechild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\">Freechild (<span data-sheets-root=\"1\">she\/her)<\/span> co-leads Public Citizen&#8217;s work building a broad movement to get money out of politics and ensure that everyone\u2019s vote counts. She also leads Public Citizen\u2019s advocacy work on election security and holding voting system vendors accountable for ensuring machines are safe from hackers. 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