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Magenta Sage Strategies, LLC @magentasagellc.bsky.social · 12d

Great read from @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social on Substack about AI and #ElectionAdministration and Mike's recent #ElectionScienceOfficeHours webinar/podcast with @microsoft.com's Matt Masterson. Read this essay and subscribe at the link below:

LCSSP at Caltech @caltechlcssp.bsky.social · 12d

Here's the latest from @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social on his #ElectionScienceFieldNotes Substack:

"Can AI Improve #ElectionAdministration? Excerpts from my recent conversation with Matt Masterson"

electionscience.substack.com/p/can-ai-imp... | @caltech.edu

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LCSSP at Caltech @caltechlcssp.bsky.social · 12d

Join us on Oct 1 at 11 am Pacific for the next segment of the #ElectionScienceOfficeHours webinar & podcast, part of the #CaltechElectionIntegrity project. Host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social welcomes @voting.works Exec Director @benadida.com to talk all things #ElectionTechnology. @caltech.edu

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electionline @electionline.bsky.social · 21d

Justice Department says it’s suing OR and ME as it seeks voter data in multiple states; MS AG asks U.S. Supreme Court to limit central part of Voting Rights Act; 9th Circuit Court rules AZ cannot enforce ban on offensive speech at polling places: electionline.org/news/2025/09...

Daily News - electionline

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Michelle Shafer @michelleshafer.bsky.social · 22d

#ElectionGeeks, you don't want to miss this! Matt Masterson and @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social! Happening TODAY, Sept 16, at 11 am Pacific. #ElectionScienceOfficeHours
Register below:

LCSSP at Caltech @caltechlcssp.bsky.social · 22d

Join @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltechlcssp.bsky.social co-dir, as he hosts @microsoft.com's Matt Masterson for a Conversation on Elections, Tech & the Current Information Environment on #ElectionScienceOfficeHours TODAY Tues, 9/16, 11am PACIFIC
caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Votebeat @votebeat.org · Sep 4

Everyone agrees that a “clean” voter list is good practice. But people differ on how aggressively election officials should work to remove potentially ineligible voters.

Why ensuring ‘clean’ voter rolls is such a touchy subject

Everyone agrees that a “clean” voter list is good practice. But people differ on how aggressively election officials should work to remove potentially ineligible voters.

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electionline @electionline.bsky.social · Sep 4

ND tribes officially ask SCOTUS to review redistricting case; NC reaches agreement over voter record violations; MA voter coalitions call on legislature to pass voting reform bills; Temporary restraining order blocks SC voters’ personal info USDOJ: electionline.org/news/2025/09...

Daily News - electionline

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Michelle Shafer @michelleshafer.bsky.social · Sep 2

Great episode of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours coming up tomorrow for all my #ElectionGeek colleagues and friends!

LCSSP at Caltech @caltechlcssp.bsky.social · Sep 2

🟠TOMORROW, WED., SEPT. 3🟠
@caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social hosts UCLA's Natalie Masuoka on #ElectionScienceOfficeHours to discuss California's redistricting and its effect on Asian American voters.
⏬️REGISTER TODAY!!!⏬️

LCSSP at Caltech @caltechlcssp.bsky.social · Aug 27

Our next #ElectionScienceOfficeHours webinar, part of the #CaltechElectionIntegrity project, is 9/3 at 11 am PT. Join host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social and guest Natalie Masouka for a discussion on "Potential Impacts of Redistricting on California's Asian Americans."
caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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LCSSP at Caltech @caltechlcssp.bsky.social · Aug 27

🗳🔬Election Science Field Notes🔬🗳
New on #Substack from @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social. See the link below, read Professor Alvarez's first entry, and subscribe to receive each new entry in your in-box.

#ElectionScienceFieldNotes
#DataNotDrama @caltech.edu

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LCSSP at Caltech @caltechlcssp.bsky.social · Aug 27

Our next #ElectionScienceOfficeHours webinar, part of the #CaltechElectionIntegrity project, is 9/3 at 11 am PT. Join host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social and guest Natalie Masouka for a discussion on "Potential Impacts of Redistricting on California's Asian Americans."
caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Justin Levitt @justinlevitt.bsky.social · Aug 14

Such a delight to spend #ElectionScience Office Hours with ‪@rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social yesterday, discussing the latest redistricting nonsense. Thanks to @caltechlcssp.bsky.social for the conversation!

youtu.be/8KRTLt3IAwM

open.spotify.com/episode/7qH4...

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

What's Behind the Push to Redraw Congressional Districts Before the 2026 Midterms?

YouTube video by Linde Center for Science, Society, and Policy

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LCSSP at Caltech @caltechlcssp.bsky.social · Aug 15

Today!

LCSSP at Caltech @caltechlcssp.bsky.social · Aug 14

DEADLINE TOMORROW, FRI, AUG 15
Submit your proposal to our Call for Papers, Posters, Panels, and Participants. Info below.
⏬️⏬️⏬️⏬️

LCSSP at Caltech @caltechlcssp.bsky.social · Aug 8

"Protecting the Election: AI & Governance in Elections" is Oct 16-17 at WashU, co-organized by @washupolisci.bsky.social's Betsy Sinclair & @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social. Call for Papers, Posters, Panels & Participation due 8/15:
polisci.wustl.edu/protecting-e...

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LCSSP at Caltech @caltechlcssp.bsky.social · Aug 14

DEADLINE TOMORROW, FRI, AUG 15
Submit your proposal to our Call for Papers, Posters, Panels, and Participants. Info below.
⏬️⏬️⏬️⏬️

LCSSP at Caltech @caltechlcssp.bsky.social · Aug 8

"Protecting the Election: AI & Governance in Elections" is Oct 16-17 at WashU, co-organized by @washupolisci.bsky.social's Betsy Sinclair & @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social. Call for Papers, Posters, Panels & Participation due 8/15:
polisci.wustl.edu/protecting-e...

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LCSSP at Caltech @caltechlcssp.bsky.social · Aug 14

While you may be listening to *another* podcast this evening, when it's over, get into your #ElectionScienceOfficeHours era and listen to host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social chatting with guest @justinlevitt.bsky.social on Redrawing Congressional Districts.
share.google/x9W2fd8c9Xyr...

@caltech.edu

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LCSSP at Caltech @caltechlcssp.bsky.social · Aug 13

Great #ElectionScienceOfficeHours episode, part of the #CaltechElectionIntegrity Project, TODAY, Aug 13, at 11 am PACIFIC with host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social and guest @justinlevitt.bsky.social Topic: The Push to Redraw Congressional Districts

🟠REGISTER BELOW🟠

CC: @caltech.edu

LCSSP at Caltech @caltechlcssp.bsky.social · Aug 7

Join #ElectionScience Office Hours on 8/13 as @justinlevitt.bsky.social of Loyola Law School joins @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director for What's Behind the Push to Redraw Congressional Districts Before the 2026 Midterms?
www.protectingtheelection.us/blog-3-1/ele...

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Michelle Shafer @michelleshafer.bsky.social · Jul 7

Reminder to register today for this important discussion on Wednesday, July 9th.

@rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social
@caltech.edu
@sosmaggie.bsky.social

Magenta Sage Strategies, LLC @magentasagellc.bsky.social · Jul 1

On July 9 at 11am Pacific, join LCSSP at @caltech.edu
Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social as he hosts @nmsecofstate.bsky.social Maggie Toulouse Oliver on Election Science Office Hours. Register here: www.protectingtheelection.us/blog-3-1/a-c...

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Magenta Sage Strategies, LLC @magentasagellc.bsky.social · Jul 1

On July 9 at 11am Pacific, join LCSSP at @caltech.edu
Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social as he hosts @nmsecofstate.bsky.social Maggie Toulouse Oliver on Election Science Office Hours. Register here: www.protectingtheelection.us/blog-3-1/a-c...

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R. Michael Alvarez @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social · Jun 18

New Election Science Office Hours podcast has dropped!

open.spotify.com/episode/2xoS...

Episode 18: Betsy Sinclair, AI and election governance

The Election Science Office Hours Podcast · Episode

open.spotify.com

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Michelle Shafer @michelleshafer.bsky.social · Jun 25

Here is the podcast version of the recent (& fantastic!) Election Science Office Hours episode with Kim Wyman talking with host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social of the Linde Center at @caltech.edu (LCSSP). Listen now!

open.spotify.com/episode/7D4i...

cc: @bipartisanpolicy.org

Episode 19: Kim Wyman

The Election Science Office Hours Podcast · Episode

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Michelle Shafer @michelleshafer.bsky.social · Jun 25

Good stuff from @theelectionsgroup.bsky.social featuring my colleague and friend @paulonabike.bsky.social and the team from CEIR:

Elections & Voting Information Center @electionsvoting.bsky.social · Jun 25

ICYMI, here is the recording of today's "Paying for Elections at the State and Local Level" webinar:

youtu.be/T8P1cil3q0I?...

Thank you to @theelectionsgroup.bsky.social!

cc: @paulonabike.bsky.social

Paying for Elections at the State and Local Level

YouTube video by The Elections Group

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Elections & Voting Information Center @electionsvoting.bsky.social · Jun 11

We hope all #ElectionGeeks are enjoying the fabulous agenda of #ESRA2025. Our @electionsvoting.bsky.social Director @pgronke.bsky.social is with you in spirit, and our Research Director @paulonabike.bsky.social is onsite.

Paul Gronke @pgronke.bsky.social · Jun 9

Sad to be missing #esra2025 due to a series of flight delays that would get me there a day late.

But there in spirit with the topsiders and pastel shirt I put aside to go to the reception, and the bagels I made for the early morning flight.

#electionscience #aesra #esra2025

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Michelle Shafer @michelleshafer.bsky.social · May 29

Great newser piece in @electionline.bsky.social today from @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social on the latest work from the @caltech.edu Election Integrity Project including info on a co-organized conference w/ @washupolisci.bsky.social Chair Betsy Sinclair to take place at WashU in October. Very cool!

electionline @electionline.bsky.social · May 29

In the newser this week, an update on the Caltech Election Integrity Project. That, plus so much more election news and information: electionline.org/electionline...
@rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social

electionline Weekly - electionline

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Michelle Shafer @michelleshafer.bsky.social · May 23

Join @caltech.edu LCSSP Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social on 5/28 at 11am Pacific as he hosts WashU's Betsy Sinclair, Asst. Vice Provost of Digital Transformations, for A Conversation on AI & Governance in Elections" on Election Science Office Hours. Register: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Magenta Sage Strategies, LLC @magentasagellc.bsky.social · May 19

R. Michael Alvarez @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social · May 19

Join me on Wednesday at 11am Pacific for the next episode of Election Science Office Hours! I'll be talking with Gretchen Macht from the Engineering for Democracy Institute and the University of Rhode Island. Gretchen is a pioneer, working to bring her engineering talents to improve democracy!

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Election Science Office Hours with University of Rhode Island's Gretchen Macht: Utilizing Engineering to Sustain and Advance Democracy. After registering, y...

Please join us on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 11:00 am Pacific for the next installment of Election Science Office Hours, a webinar series presented by the Caltech Election Integrity Project and modera...

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Michelle Shafer @michelleshafer.bsky.social · May 19

R. Michael Alvarez @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social · May 19

Join me on Wednesday at 11am Pacific for the next episode of Election Science Office Hours! I'll be talking with Gretchen Macht from the Engineering for Democracy Institute and the University of Rhode Island. Gretchen is a pioneer, working to bring her engineering talents to improve democracy!

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Election Science Office Hours with University of Rhode Island's Gretchen Macht: Utilizing Engineering to Sustain and Advance Democracy. After registering, y...

Please join us on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at 11:00 am Pacific for the next installment of Election Science Office Hours, a webinar series presented by the Caltech Election Integrity Project and modera...

caltech.zoom.us

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Elections & Voting Information Center @electionsvoting.bsky.social · May 15

Always great stuff in @electionline.bsky.social Weekly & today is no different. "Voter Education: Right-Sizing Funding & Support for Local Election Officials" by @liamerivaki.bsky.social @marasuttmann.bsky.social & our own @pgronke.bsky.social here: electionline.org/electionline...

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