The Election Science Office Hours Podcast

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Episode 35: Kim Alexander, President & Founder of the California Voter Foundation May 07, 2026

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Kim Alexander is a true pioneer in the promotion of secure and usable voting technology and good democratic practices. This is a great conversation, covering a lot of important current topics in election integrity. One of the really interesting conversations engages with the important question about why it takes California so long to count ballots and certify election outcomes, with Kim's proposals for how to speed the process up while preserving voter rights. She also talks about her use of music to engage voters. And she asks me a quite interesting question!

Episode 34: Bob Page, Orange County Registrar of Voters Apr 10, 2026

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In this episode, I talk to Bob Page, the Orange County Registrar of Voters. Right now, Bob and his team are gearing up for the June 2026 primary election in OC, and we talk about what they are doing to prepare for the election. A theme that runs through this episode is the importance of communications, we talked at length about how election officials today need to be excellent communicators.

Episode 33: Natalie Adona, Marin County ROV Mar 26, 2026

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Join me as I talk with Natalie Adona, the Marin County Registrar of Voters, as we discuss how her office is preparing for the upcoming primary in June - and the general election in November. We also discuss misconceptions about voting by mail in California and other important election topics!

Episode 32: Steve Trout, The Future of Verifiable Elections Mar 17, 2026

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Join me as I talk with Steve Trout, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Clear Ballot. We discuss his current role at Clear Ballot, focusing on the challenges and opportunities for the election technology industry. We dig into how to build strong and lasting collaborations between the voting technology industry and the research community!

Episode 31: Bridging the Gap: Supporting Election Stakeholders at the Intersection of Administration, Technology, and Security, with Mike Moser Feb 26, 2026

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This is a great episode, join me as I talk with Mike Moser about election security. We have a wide-ranging conversation, considering current election security issues, how best to help election officials with cybersecurity, and the benefits and risks that AI brings when considering election security.

Episode 30: Trust and Confidence in Elections in Rural America, with Cameron Wimpy Feb 26, 2026

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Just me as I talk with Cameron Wimpy, from Arkansas State University, as we discuss the unique problems that election officials face in rural parts of the U.S. Rural election administration is an understudied problem, and we discuss why it is understudied, how to solve that problem, and what this is a critical issue for anyone interested in how elections are conducted in the U.S.

Episode 29: A Research Driven Look at Claims About New Voting Technology with Michael Specter and Delaney Gomen Jan 29, 2026

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Join us for this amazing episode with Michael Spector and Delaney Gomen, both from Georgia Tech. We talk about their new paper that uses innovative HCI methods to learn from election officials about usability issues they face using election technology. Along the way we talk quite a bit about how to improve trust between the research and elections community, so that more productive collaborations like this can be launched.

Episode 28: Inside the 2025 Caltech Election Integrity Project Conferences Jan 14, 2026

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Join me as I talk with Betsy Sinclair about the work that we did in 2025 on AI and elections. In 2025 we organized and hosted two major conferences, bringing together researchers, election officials, election technologists, and stakeholders. Our first conference focused on information and elections, and then the second on how new AI technologies might be used to improve election administration. Throughout we also talked about the risks of new AI technologies for election administration.

Episode 27: Ballots Beyond Borders Dec 05, 2025

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In this episode, I talk with three experts on military and overseas voting, Casandra Hockenberry, Paul Lux, and Hilary Rudy. We talk about the hurdles that military and overseas voters face when they try to received and return their ballots. We also discuss the procedural and technological solutions that help mitigate and resolve these hurdles.

Episode 26: Christian Grose, The Votes are In! Nov 06, 2025

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Join me as I talk with USC prof Christian Grose, as we go over the November 4, 2025 election results. What happened in the major races across the US on November 4th, including in New York City, New Jersey, and Virginia. We also focus attention on California's Proposition 50. What do these election results mean, both for where American politics stands today, and for what we might expect in the 2026 midterm elections?

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