Voterlink handled phone and bank data for Hillary Clinton’s successful 2000 US Senate campaign. He has worked as a consultant and political operative for US Congressman and Philadelphia Democratic Party leader Bob Brady and for the campaigns of Marjorie Margolies (Chelsea Clinton’s mother-in-law!) in Montgomery County. Smukler is also the president of Voterlink Data Systems and InfoVoter Technologies. The PCA hired Smukler in October 2009 to succeed former State Supreme Court Chief Justice Stephen Zappala as Executive Director, when Zappala stepped aside over concerns that his former elected position presented a conflict of interest.
He was barred from personally profiting from or even entering the casino, which is now run by his daughter. Charges were eventually dropped in return for DeNaples’s agreement to sign over the gambling operation to a family trust. Airy Casino’s license was approved in 2007 - DeNaples allegedly had an inside man on the gaming board - but hit a snag when DeNaples was indicted on charges lying about his mob ties the next year.