Register today for this 1/14/26 webinar:

Read my latest on Substack! open.substack.com/pub/election...

Excellent webinar featuring one of my favorite topics - Military & Overseas Voting - discussed by some of my favorite colleagues and friends!

Next #ElectionScienceOfficeHours: 12/3, 11am Pac. Join Host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social @caltechlcssp.bsky.social BALLOTS BEYOND BORDERS A Conversation on Military & Overseas Voting 🔸 Casandra Hockenberry @csgovts.bsky.social 🔸 Paul Lux, Okaloosa County, FL 🔸 Hilary Rudy @cosecofstate.bsky.social

New on the #ElectionScienceFieldNotes Substack from @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director: What Election Stakeholders Should Worry About in 2026 open.substack.com/pub/election...

More photos from the fantastic #ProtectingTheElection: #AIandGovernance conference at WashU last month. Here are some great photos of the #ElectionTechnologists panel. @washupolisci.bsky.social @caltechlcssp.bsky.social

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

Really interesting!

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:

📙TODAY!📙 WED., NOV 5, 11AM P #ElectionScienceOfficeHours REGISTER⏬️

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!

I'm attending the @ncslorg.bsky.social Town Hall: 2025 Post-Election Recap and Insights. Join me on November 7. www.linkedin.com/events/ncslt...

TOMORROW: Wed., Nov 5 | 11am Pacific | #ElectionScienceOfficeHours | Host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social & Guest @christiangrose.bsky.social | Post-#ElectionDay Debrief: #Prop50 in #California & so much more! 🗳 REGISTER NOW Link & QR Code Below @caltech.edu @caltechlcssp.bsky.social USC

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!

TODAY!!! 🟠 Oct 28, 1pm Pacific #ElectionScienceOfficeHours @jnkatz.bsky.social | @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social | @caltech.edu Register here: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #CaltechElectionIntegrity

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

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

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

"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. turnout.rocks/our-blog/how...

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:

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

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...

#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:

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.

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...

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

🗳🔬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

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...

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...

Today!

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

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

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

Reminder to register today for this important discussion on Wednesday, July 9th. @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social @caltech.edu @sosmaggie.bsky.social

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...

New Election Science Office Hours podcast has dropped! open.spotify.com/episode/2xoS...

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

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

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.

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!

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...

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...

If you were not able to listen to Election Science Office Hours last Thursday hosted by Linde Center at @caltech.edu Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social with his guest @justinlevitt.bsky.social, tune in now and watch on YouTube or listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. See links in Mike's posts.

This is happening tomorrow. Register today! @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social @justinlevitt.bsky.social @caltech.edu

Great work by @dziurlaj.bsky.social for The Turnout and NIST below on Common Data Formats in Elections. Check it out, Election Geeks!

@rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, our EVIC researchers @pgronke.bsky.social & @paulonabike.bsky.social really enjoyed being on Election Science Office Hours! Thank you so much for the opportunity to discuss our annual EVIC Local Election Official Survey and so much more. Listen now on Spotify or Apple.