Shiva Ayyadurai

Why they say you should vote for them

The candidate's own case to voters, summarized from their campaign and public statements.

• Says he will serve "beyond 'Left' and 'Right'" and describes himself as "not another lawyer or lobbyist or politician."[1]
• Says his campaign is suing to preserve digital ballot images, and calls for transparency in how elections are run.[1]
• Says AI should be decentralized and accessible to everyone, not concentrated in a few powerful organizations.[1]
• Says he collected more than 10,000 certified signatures to qualify for the ballot as an independent.[3]

Background

• Republican primary candidate for U.S. Senate (lost to Kevin O'Connor), 2020 U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts · 2020[4]
• Independent candidate for U.S. Senate (third place, 3.4%), 2018 U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts · 2018[4]
• Founder, Millennium Cybernetics (EchoMail email-management software) · 1994[4]
• Wrote an electronic messaging program called EMAIL as a high school student and registered its copyright, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey · 1978–1982[4]

Education

• B.S., electrical engineering and computer science; two master's degrees (visual studies and mechanical engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology[4]
• Ph.D., biological engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2007)[4],[1]

Where they stand

• Taxes
  Would cut taxes for families and small businesses and calls for ending what he calls the Federal Reserve's "inflation robbery."[2]
• Foreign Policy
  Calls for "no more trillion-dollar wars abroad," bringing troops home, ending taxpayer aid to Israel and other countries, and limiting foreign lobbies' influence on Congress.[2]
• Elections & Democracy
  Supports paper ballots, hand counting, same-day voting, voter ID, and term limits and an insider trading ban for members of Congress.[2]
• Health Care
  Calls for shifting from "sick-care" to preventive and integrative medicine and nutrition, and refers to protecting "medical freedom."[2]
• Agriculture
  Would ban harmful substances in food and agriculture and enforce honest food labeling.[2]
• Technology
  Proposes a "Digital Bill of Rights" against online censorship and manipulation.[2]

Voting record

Shiva Ayyadurai has not held an office with a recorded voting record. See Background and Where they stand.