Overstock.com announced that John J. "Jack" Byrne was elected to the Board of Directors by the company's stockholders at the annual meeting of stockholders held on Wednesday. Mr. Byrne is the father of Patrick Byrne, the company's CEO, and has served as a board member in the past. Stockholders re-elected Joseph J. Tabacco Jr. as a member of the Board of Directors

Shareholders also ratified KPMG as the company's registered independent public accounting firm. Overstock.com had engaged KPMG last year after a dispute with Grant Thornton. PricewaterhouseCoopers had been the company's firm accountant for eight years prior to Grant Thornton.