John Bonifaz is the president and co-founder of Free Speech for People.
11 Facts About John Bonifaz
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John Bonifaz is the founder of the National Voting Rights Institute and a former candidate for Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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John Bonifaz argued that the President's planned first-strike invasion of Iraq violated the War Powers Clause of the US Constitution.
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John Bonifaz participated in a discussion with former CIA Analyst Ray McGovern led by Rep.
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John Bonifaz is the founder of the National Voting Rights Institute, where he most recently served as general counsel.
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In 2006, NVRI formed a partnership with Demos, and as of January 1,2007, John Bonifaz signed on as Senior Legal Fellow with Demos.
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In 2006, John Bonifaz ran for the Democratic nomination to be Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 2006 against incumbent William F Galvin.
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John Bonifaz declared his candidacy on December 1,2005, before it was known whether Galvin would run for re-election or for governor.
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John Bonifaz's campaign focused on election reform, promoting clean elections, same day registration, voting rights for minorities, and opposition to privately owned voting machines with proprietary software.
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John Bonifaz has litigated international human rights and environmental law cases, and, with his father Cristobal John Bonifaz, has litigated against Chevron Corporation regarding pollution in the Lago Agrio oil field in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
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John Bonifaz's great-grandfather was Neptali John Bonifaz, who was briefly president of Ecuador in 1931.