Election Science Office Hours
Hosted by Professor R. Michael Alvarez
In order to better learn about how election officials and stakeholders are working to protect elections, we have been talking directly with election officials, election technologists, researchers, and other stakeholders. How have they worked to improve accessibility and security of the election process? What are they concerned about? Are they encountering election disinformation and how do they promote the facts about elections in America? We’ve called these conversations “Election Science Office Hours,” with Professor Alvarez hosting discussions with election experts on a bi-monthly basis. Recordings of these episodes are available on our Election Science Office Hours playlist on the LCSSP at Caltech YouTube channel as well as in podcast format on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and everywhere you find your podcasts.
Upcoming episodes include:
January 14, 2026 - Inside the 2025 Caltech Election Integrity Project Conferences: Research, Risks, and Real-World Implications
The video recordings of past Election Science Office Hours episodes are available, unedited, on YouTube at the following links:
December 3, 2025 - Ballots Beyond Borders: A Conversation on Military & Overseas Voting
November 5, 2025 - The Votes are in: A Post-Election Day Conversation with USC's Christian Grose to Discuss the Results' Implications
October 28, 2025 - A Conversation with Caltech’s Jonathan N. Katz: State Redistricting Impacts Around the Nation
October 1, 2025 - A Conversation on Election Technology with Ben Adida, PhD, Executive Director of VotingWorks
September 16, 2025 - A Conversation with Microsoft's Matt Masterson to Discuss Elections, Technology, and the Current Information Environment
September 3, 2025 - A Conversation with UCLA’s Natalie Masuoka on Potential Impacts of Redistricting on California’s Asian Americans
August 13, 2025 - A Conversation with Loyola Law School's Justin Levitt: What's Behind the Push to Redraw Congressional Districts Before the 2026 Midterms?
July 9, 2025 - A Conversation with New Mexico's Chief Election Official Maggie Toulouse Oliver on Serving the State's Voters
June 11, 2025 - Securing Elections: A Conversation with Kim Wyman, President, ESI Consulting and Senior Fellow, Bipartisan Policy Center
May 28, 2025 - A Conversation on AI and Governance in Elections with Betsy Sinclair, Assistant Vice Provost of Digital Transformations at WashU
March 12, 2025 - Election Science Office Hours with Paul Gronke and Paul Manson, Researchers from the Elections & Voting Information Center (EVIC)
December 18, 2024 - Election Science Office Hours with Jennifer Morrell, CEO and Co-Founder of The Elections Group
December 11, 2024 - Election Science Office Hours with Tommy Gong, Deputy County Clerk-Recorder for Contra Costa County
November 6, 2024 - Election Science Office Hours with Charles Stewart III, MIT: Post-election recap!
November 4, 2024 - How We Do Election Observation
October 29, 2024 - Election Science Office Hours with Deal Logan, Registrar-Recorder, County Clerk, Los Angeles County
October 22, 2024 - Election Science Office Hours with Michael Alvarez: Dealing with Election Misinformation
October 4, 2024 - Election Roundtable, with Lisa Bryant, Christian Grose, Dean Logan, Efren Perez and Sara Sadhwani
October 3, 2024 - Election Science Office Hours with Election Technology Provider Representatives
September 30, 2024 - Election Science Office Hours with Bob Page, Registrar of Voters for Orange County, California
September 24, 2024 - Election Science Office Hours with Barb Byrum, Ingham County Clerk, Michigan
September 6, 2024 - Election Science Office Hours with Natalie Adona, Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters for the County of Nevada, CA
August 28, 2024 - Election Science Office Hours with Neal Kelley, retired Orange Country, CA Registrar of Voters