More details -and formal announcement- to come later, but for now: I'm hiring an associate director for a new center on expanding viewpoints in higher ed: jobs.tufts.edu/jobs/21967?lan… This is a big opportunity to create a positive vision for the future of higher ed. Come work with me!

Every “close call” since 1948 or what?

July 9, Election Asst. Comm. & MIT Election Lab are hosting the 2025 Data Summit at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (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…

I am looking forward to attending this and seeing old friends at MIT Election Lab

ICYMI, election geeks, the Election Asst. Comm. has published the 2024 EAVS report:

The 2025 Data Summit, hosted by Election Asst. Comm. & MIT Election Lab, 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.electiona…

Don't miss out on today's EAC Election Data Summit! Tune into the panels and hear from election officials, academics, and others as they discuss new data and innovative research on election administration: buff.ly/cTEhz0C

For more information about the event, visit the EAC's website: buff.ly/6Xi4lAz

Live now! The 2025 Data Summit, hosted by Election Asst. Comm. and MIT Election Lab is streaming. Head over to the EAC YouTube channel here: ▶️ youtube.com/watch?v=3xG48F…

Thank you from Election Asst. Comm. & MIT Election Lab 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=3xG48F…

It was an honor to be part of this event and showcase some of our work on rural election administration.

New Voting Booth episode with the great Charles Stewart III . EAVs survey Election Asst. Comm., how a Congress scholar became an Election Admin scholar (NB Kevin R Kosar Molly Reynolds) and the year of the three governors (in GA). Don Palmer MIT Election Lab open.spotify.com/episode/4iL7Ys…

🗳️✅ A win for #election infrastructure in the committee-passed House Appropriations FSGG bill: $15 million for Election Asst. Comm. Election Security Grants in fiscal year 2026. We explored how these grants have helped strengthen elections across the country.👇 bit.ly/40BgT9t

Data isn't just numbers - it can be a tool for election policy! At the Election Asst. Comm. and MIT Election Lab 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/vAktFU7…

Idaho’s elections run on people like YOU. 🗳️ Join us and help Idaho vote ➡️ voteidaho.gov/become-an-elec… #HelpAmericaVote Election Asst. Comm.

Curious about becoming a poll worker? Your local election office provides training and resources to make sure you’re confident and prepared to #HelpAmericaVote. 🔍Use the lookup tool on helpamericavote.gov to sign up today!

Check out this great work by our former graduate student Murat Abus and colleagues in Electoral Studies!

🗳️ What are the effects of restrictive voting laws on turnout in the US? ➡️ Using variation from a tornado on Super Tuesday 2020, S. Abramson & Sharece Thrower show that being reassigned to a new polling site reduces turnout by 5.65 pts cambridge.org/core/journals/… #FirstView

We are thankful to the great team Winthrop Rockefeller Institute for hosting our students as part of the inaugural Arkansas Collegiate Civic Leadership Academy.

Kind of funny that the “political science” table at your local bookstore almost never holds anything that the overwhelming majority of political scientists would recognize as political science