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A big #ThankYou to those who have worked so hard - and are working still - to enable free and fair #elections in the US. Gratitude and respect to all #ElectionOfficials & their staffs, #PollWorkers, #ElectionTechnology providers & others working in support of the 11/4 #election!
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More photos from the fantastic #ProtectingTheElection: #AIandGovernance conference at WashU last month. Here are some great photos of the #ElectionTechnologists panel.
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More photos of the #ProtectingTheElection: #AIandGovernance Conference that was held at WashU last month, organized by @washupolisci.bsky.social/ Betsy Sinclair & @caltechlcssp.bsky.social/ @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social. Photos of #ElectionTechnologists panel below:
November 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
More photos from the fantastic #ProtectingTheElection: #AIandGovernance conference at WashU last month. Here are some great photos of the #ElectionTechnologists panel.
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1/3 Some photos from poster session at last month's #ProtectingTheElection: #AIandGovernance Conference at @washupolisci.bsky.social. Great Posters, everyone. Thanks for participating! More photos & videos forthcoming. Co-Organizers Betsy Sinclair & @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltech.edu
November 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
1/3 Some photos from poster session at last month's #ProtectingTheElection: #AIandGovernance Conference at @washupolisci.bsky.social. Great Posters, everyone. Thanks for participating! More photos & videos forthcoming. Co-Organizers Betsy Sinclair & @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltech.edu
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Really interesting!
#ICYMI, the #BehindTheBook discussion between @caltech.edu alum @jimfruchterman.bsky.social and LCSSP's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social on Jim's book #TechnologyForGood can be watched on YouTube here:
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Behind the Book - Jim Fruchterman with Dr. R. Michael Alvarez
YouTube video by caltech
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November 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Really interesting!
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Very enlightening session of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours yesterday with webinar guest @christiangrose.bsky.social (USC) and host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social ( @caltech.edu & @caltechlcssp.bsky.social). Watch "The #Votes are in on YouTube at the link below:
Great convo earlier today with @christiangrose.bsky.social about yesterday’s elections. Watch if you want to learn more about what happened and what it all means!
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The Votes are in: A Post-Election Day Conversation to Discuss the Results' Implications
YouTube video by Linde Center for Science, Society, and Policy
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November 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Very enlightening session of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours yesterday with webinar guest @christiangrose.bsky.social (USC) and host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social ( @caltech.edu & @caltechlcssp.bsky.social). Watch "The #Votes are in on YouTube at the link below:
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Next on @caltechlcssp.bsky.social's #ElectionScienceOfficeHours w/ host @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social
🟧 THE VOTES ARE IN 🟧
A Post- #ElectionDay Convo w/ USC's @christiangrose.bsky.social to Discuss the Results' Implications
11/5/25 | 11am P
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🟧 THE VOTES ARE IN 🟧
A Post- #ElectionDay Convo w/ USC's @christiangrose.bsky.social to Discuss the Results' Implications
11/5/25 | 11am P
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November 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
A big #ThankYou to those who have worked so hard - and are working still - to enable free and fair #elections in the US. Gratitude and respect to all #ElectionOfficials & their staffs, #PollWorkers, #ElectionTechnology providers & others working in support of the 11/4 #election!
November 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
A big #ThankYou to those who have worked so hard - and are working still - to enable free and fair #elections in the US. Gratitude and respect to all #ElectionOfficials & their staffs, #PollWorkers, #ElectionTechnology providers & others working in support of the 11/4 #election!
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I'm attending the @ncslorg.bsky.social Town Hall: 2025 Post-Election Recap and Insights. Join me on November 7.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I'm attending the @ncslorg.bsky.social Town Hall: 2025 Post-Election Recap and Insights. Join me on November 7.
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TOMORROW: Wed., Nov 5 | 11am Pacific | #ElectionScienceOfficeHours | Host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social & Guest @christiangrose.bsky.social | Post-#ElectionDay Debrief: #Prop50 in #California & so much more! 🗳
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Next on @caltechlcssp.bsky.social's #ElectionScienceOfficeHours w/ host @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social
🟧 THE VOTES ARE IN 🟧
A Post- #ElectionDay Convo w/ USC's @christiangrose.bsky.social to Discuss the Results' Implications
11/5/25 | 11am P
REGISTER: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🟧 THE VOTES ARE IN 🟧
A Post- #ElectionDay Convo w/ USC's @christiangrose.bsky.social to Discuss the Results' Implications
11/5/25 | 11am P
REGISTER: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
TOMORROW: Wed., Nov 5 | 11am Pacific | #ElectionScienceOfficeHours | Host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social & Guest @christiangrose.bsky.social | Post-#ElectionDay Debrief: #Prop50 in #California & so much more! 🗳
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Happy #ElectionDay! 🗳
Wishing all #ElectionHeroes a smooth, stress-free, and good day. Thank you for your service!
Please get out and #vote if you have an #election where you live.
#EveryVoteCounts!
Wishing all #ElectionHeroes a smooth, stress-free, and good day. Thank you for your service!
Please get out and #vote if you have an #election where you live.
#EveryVoteCounts!
November 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Happy #ElectionDay! 🗳
Wishing all #ElectionHeroes a smooth, stress-free, and good day. Thank you for your service!
Please get out and #vote if you have an #election where you live.
#EveryVoteCounts!
Wishing all #ElectionHeroes a smooth, stress-free, and good day. Thank you for your service!
Please get out and #vote if you have an #election where you live.
#EveryVoteCounts!
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TODAY!!! 🟠 Oct 28, 1pm Pacific
#ElectionScienceOfficeHours
@jnkatz.bsky.social | @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social
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#ElectionScienceOfficeHours
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October 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
TODAY!!! 🟠 Oct 28, 1pm Pacific
#ElectionScienceOfficeHours
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Fantastic group of election officials & other stakeholders who spoke on a "How AI is Changing Elections" panel at WashU recently during the "Protecting The Election: AI & Governance" conference co-organized by @washupolisci.bsky.social's Betsy Sinclair & @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social
D2-Protecting The Election: AI & Governance Conference-How AI is Changing Elections: Election Officials panel:
🟠 @kimballdc.bsky.social @umsl.bsky.social
🟠Amy Cohen NASED
🟠Matt Crane CO Clerks Assn
🟠Brianna Lennon Boone County, MO
🟠 @benborgmeyer.bsky.social City STL
🟠 Kurt Bahr St Chas County, MO
🟠 @kimballdc.bsky.social @umsl.bsky.social
🟠Amy Cohen NASED
🟠Matt Crane CO Clerks Assn
🟠Brianna Lennon Boone County, MO
🟠 @benborgmeyer.bsky.social City STL
🟠 Kurt Bahr St Chas County, MO
October 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Fantastic group of election officials & other stakeholders who spoke on a "How AI is Changing Elections" panel at WashU recently during the "Protecting The Election: AI & Governance" conference co-organized by @washupolisci.bsky.social's Betsy Sinclair & @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social
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Day 2 of Protecting the Election: AI & Governance began today at @washupolisci.bsky.social w/ Research Presentations: Deepfakes & Misinformation. Charles Stewart intro-ed presentations from Christopher Lucas (WashU), Kylan Rutherford (NYU) & Mike Tomz (Stanford) w/Q&A by @liamerivaki.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Day 2 of Protecting the Election: AI & Governance began today at @washupolisci.bsky.social w/ Research Presentations: Deepfakes & Misinformation. Charles Stewart intro-ed presentations from Christopher Lucas (WashU), Kylan Rutherford (NYU) & Mike Tomz (Stanford) w/Q&A by @liamerivaki.bsky.social
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Really excited about this event - Protecting the Election: AI & Governance - and getting to participate with so many good friends and colleagues this week at WashU! Safe travels to all! To those not able to attend, videos coming!
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The Protecting the Election: AI & Governance Conference, co-organized by Betsy Sinclair (WashU) & @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social (@caltech.edu & @caltechlcssp.bsky.social) kicks off Thurs at WashU. Thanks to our speakers: polisci.wustl.edu/protecting-e.... Post event, we will be sharing videos!
October 15, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Really excited about this event - Protecting the Election: AI & Governance - and getting to participate with so many good friends and colleagues this week at WashU! Safe travels to all! To those not able to attend, videos coming!
@caltech.edu @caltechlcssp.bsky.social @washupolisci.bsky.social
@caltech.edu @caltechlcssp.bsky.social @washupolisci.bsky.social
"How does emerging technology affect a technology verification program?" Jared Marcotte, President of The Turnout, outlines how RABET-V™ is adapting to the rise of AI.
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How AI impacts RABET-V™ verification
How does emerging technology affect a technology verification program? Jared Marcotte, President of The Turnout, outlines how RABET-V™ is adapting to the rise of AI.
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October 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"How does emerging technology affect a technology verification program?" Jared Marcotte, President of The Turnout, outlines how RABET-V™ is adapting to the rise of AI.
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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:
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
"Can AI Improve #ElectionAdministration? Excerpts from my recent conversation with Matt Masterson"
electionscience.substack.com/p/can-ai-imp... | @caltech.edu
September 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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:
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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
September 26, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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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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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September 17, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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...
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#ElectionGeeks, you don't want to miss this! Matt Masterson and @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social! Happening TODAY, Sept 16, at 11 am Pacific. #ElectionScienceOfficeHours
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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
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September 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
#ElectionGeeks, you don't want to miss this! Matt Masterson and @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social! Happening TODAY, Sept 16, at 11 am Pacific. #ElectionScienceOfficeHours
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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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September 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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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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...
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September 4, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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...
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Great episode of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours coming up tomorrow for all my #ElectionGeek colleagues and friends!
🟠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.
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@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.
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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."
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September 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Great episode of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours coming up tomorrow for all my #ElectionGeek colleagues and friends!
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🗳🔬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
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
August 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🗳🔬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
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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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...
caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
August 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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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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!
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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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August 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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!
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