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Cambridge, MA
Joined December 2016
MIT Election Lab retweeted
Gig alert. The @mitelectionlab is searching for a new Research Support Associate to support research in the lab. The ideal candidate is just graduating & wanting to see what a research environment is like before going on to graduate school. careers.peopleclick.com/care…
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.@MITPoliSci professor and @MITelectionlab founder @cstewartiii was elected as Fellow of @napawash. "“Central to its design is collaboration among academics and government officials," he says. “It’s a great honor to have been elected." shass.mit.edu/charles-stewar…
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MIT Election Lab retweeted
REMINDAR: 🟠TODAY🟠 Wednesday, 10/1 at 11am Pacific. Register NOW! #ElectionScienceOfficeHours @rmichaelalvarez of @Caltech / @CaltechLCSSP & @benadida of @voting_works #CaltechElectionIntegrity
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 welcomes @voting_works Exec Director @benadida to talk all things #ElectionTechnology. @Caltech
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New episode: Our panel of election law experts unpacks the @MITelectionlab 2024 SPAE and the growing conversation around mid-decade redistricting. Watch now: youtube.com/watch?v=8iQ3_QvA… #ElectionLaw #SPAE2024 #Redistricting
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MIT Election Lab retweeted
Data isn't just numbers - it can be a tool for election policy! At the @EACgov and @MITelectionlab 2025 Data Summit, Michelle Tassinari shared how the EAC's EAVS and other research data guide improvements to election laws and processes. ▶️ youtube.com/shorts/vAktFU73Q…
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MIT Election Lab retweeted
Alert to election nerds! #TheVotingBooth podcast on the release of ⁦@EACgov⁩ Election Administration Voting Survey (EAVS) as we to analyze the pulse of Elections in America! In-Studio Interview with ⁦@cstewartiii⁩ of ⁦⁦@MITelectionlab⁩ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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MIT Election Lab retweeted
Thank you from @EACgov & @MITelectionlab to the 2025 EAC Data Summit panelists. Your participation was crucial for a successful event & meaningful discussions on data's role in elections. Thank you to all those who attended & watched. Watch it here:▶️ youtube.com/watch?v=3xG48FlA…
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MIT Election Lab retweeted
The 2025 Data Summit, hosted by @EACgov & @MITelectionlab, starts at 9 a.m. ET today! Panelists will discuss topics like the 2024 EAVS results, election funding, & voter list maintenance. Catch the live streamed event on the EAC's YouTube channel: youtube.com/@u.s.electionass…
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I just published this discussion of Rockland County, NY's 2024 election results on my Substack: open.substack.com/pub/playin…
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MIT Election Lab retweeted
July 9, @EACgov & @MITelectionlab are hosting the 2025 Data Summit at @MIT. Topics include 2024 EAVS results, election funding, & voter list maintenance. Register if attending in person. Can't make it? Watch the livestream on the EAC's YouTube channel. 🔗 eac.gov/events/2025/07/09/20…
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I've just posted on Substack about who possesses passports, for reference the day after President Trump's executive order about elections. playingwithelectiondata.subs…
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Replying to @MITelectionlab
@mitelectionlab is following mail voting in WI in the run-up to the spring election. Here is a short blog post describing what we're doing, along with a graph showing the number of mail ballots so far, comparing 2025 with 2023. electionlab.mit.edu/articles…
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MIT Election Lab retweeted
Next up from the @caltech.edu LCSSP conference - “Trust and Integrity in the 2024 Election: The View from the Voters” is the keynote from @cstewartiii, Director of the @MITelectionlab. This session was moderated by @BetsySinclair1, WashU. Watch here: youtu.be/fjM4tYTDZDc?feature…
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The EDI Team is happy to announce our headliners for the STEM for Elections Network Seminar! We are happy to have Charles Stewart III from @mitelectionlab and Dr. Lia Merivaki (@liamerivaki) join the seminar. Stay tuned for the rest of the lineup! ⚙️🗳✅ #S4EN
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Residual vote season has begun. Here's the first state I've calculated the 2024 residual vote for: Alabama. It's essentially unchanged from 2020.
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The 2024 Survey of the Performance of American Elections has arrived. The 2020 partisan split over confidence in state election administration is mostly gone in the battleground states, but still persists in solid red/blue states + state w/ lots of mail ballots.
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☀️ Good morning from our #ElectionsSummit24!    Follow this 🧵 for updates and watch the livestream beginning at 9 a.m. ET.  youtube.com/watch?v=SeNCcoUE…
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This article about cast vote records in the 2020 was just published in _Nature Scientific Data_. Congratulations to the team. It's open access, so have at it! nature.com/articles/s41597-0…
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Why does it take so long to get election results? Well, collecting, verifying, & reporting election results is a daunting set of tasks! Refresh your knowledge of the process with our explainer: buff.ly/4feMROa
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