Audrey Perry Martin is a partner at the law firm The Gober Group PLLC. She has taught election law at Brigham Young University Law School and serves as the vice president of judicial affairs for the Republican National Lawyers Association. Martin has appeared on numerous media outlets, including Fox News and National Public Radio. She is active on social media and frequently posts about current political law issues on her blog, www.legallypolitical.com. She has extensive presidential election experience, serving as FEC counsel for the John McCain-Sarah Palin ticket in 2008, deputy general counsel for Mitt Romney’s campaign in 2008, and as a consultant for Romney’s 2012 campaign. Audrey also worked as legal counsel to the Committee on House Administration of the U.S. House of Representatives, where she focused on issues such as election integrity, congressional ethics and campaign finance. Read more about Martin on her firm’s biography page.
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