Prof. of Mathematics, Virginia Wesleyan University. Interested in mathematics and election security. All views are my own and not that of VWU.

Joined March 2016
Going on now!
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Testing their skills with a final Escape Room Game ⁦@summer_honors⁩ ⁦@maanow⁩
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With lots of work they cracked the code and unlocked the next clue! ⁦@summer_honors⁩ ⁦@maanow⁩ #DMEG
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The race is on! Today students in the @summer_honors math class compete in a scavenger hunt by decrypting clues their classmates encrypted. @maanow #DMEG @vawesleyan
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In #math, the students are studying #cryptology. Harper leads the class in deciphering a substitution cipher. @maanow @vawesleyan @esu11 @malagonmath #esu11summerhonors #gifteded  #MAAGrants #MAAPrograms
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The math students visited the Nebraska Prairie Museum in Holdrege to learn more about WWll and to provide context for ciphers. @malagonmath @maanews @vawesleyan @esu11 #esu11summerhonors #gifteded #MAAGrants #MAAPrograms
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Students in @summer_honors math class make keychains with their names using the binary representation of the letters in the ASCII code. Thanks to @maanow #DMEG for supporting this years math class!
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If you want to hear more after our panel at #EVN23 today part 2 of our podcast is up!
Drop: Part 2 of a 2-part episode today starts a conversation between @OSET CTO @ejsebes & @malagonmath Professor at Virginia Wesleyan and Board Advisor w/ Verified Voting Foundation about the challenges of different methods of digital ballot casting. play.acast.com/s/dead-men-do…
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Virginia's RLA gets going with the contest selection and of course the dice roll!
The infamous bowl/film canister combo is up for duty today as Virginia election officials randomly pick which midterm contests get a risk-limiting audit
Voting today? Don't forget to #CheckYourBallot before you scan it! #Georgia law requires that "the poll officer stationed at the ballot scanner shall offer each voter specific verbal instruction to review their printed paper ballot prior to scanning it."
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VV's mathematical advisor Audrey Malagon (@malagonmath) is speaking at @Inst_Math_Dem's Mathematics and Politics conference this Saturday! Audrey will speak about audits in her talk "How Math Helped Save the 2020 Election." Free and open to the public: mathematics-democracy-instit…
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A nice surprise outside our offices @vawesleyan
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Great news for Virginias voters!
Exciting news from #Virgina! New audit legislation was signed by the governor yesterday. The bills give voters timelier assurance that election outcomes are correct by requiring audits to be conducted before results are certified. Read our statement: verifiedvoting.org/release-v…
I’m always surprised when pi day just…ends.
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A beautiful day for calculus
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Keychain ziplines are back!
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Audrey Malagon retweeted
There’s a tweet *falsely* claiming wearing masks spreads covid(!) and links to data showing correlation between high case numbers and mask wearing. Correlation isn’t causation folks. High covid case numbers cause people to adopt masking policies, not the other way around.
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We’re ready to talk w election officials at #IGO2021. Stop by our booth this morning and say hi. With @cjayc and @VerifiedVoting
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Join us for an informative event!
On June 23, Verified Voting & the League of Women Voters of Virginia (@LWVVA) are hosting a nonpartisan program on #ElectionSecurity in Virginia, now and in the future. 🗓 Wed, June 23, 2021 🕐 7-8:30 pm ET Reserve your spot here! ▶️ bit.ly/June23Registration