The Election Science Office Hours Podcast

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.

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!

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!

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.

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.