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Election Science Office Hours, a webinar series presented by the Caltech Election Integrity Project

Wednesday, December 3, 2025
11:00am to 12:00pm
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Ballots Beyond Borders: A Conversation on Military & Overseas Voting
Casandra Hockenberry, Program Manager, Overseas Voting Initiative; The Council of State Governments,
Paul Lux, Supervisor of Elections, Okaloosa County, Florida; Member, Overseas Voting Initiative Working Group,
Hilary Rudy, Deputy State Elections Director, Colorado Secretary of State's Office; Member, Overseas Voting Initiative Working Group,

Please join us on Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at 11:00 am Pacific for the next episode of Election Science Office Hours, a webinar series presented by the Caltech Election Integrity Project and moderated by R. Michael Alvarez, PhD, Flintridge Foundation Professor of Political and Computational Social Science at Caltech and Co-Director, Linde Center for Science, Society, and Policy (LCSSP).

Professor Alvarez and his guests for this episode – military and overseas voting experts Casandra Hockenberry, Paul Lux, and Hilary Rudy – will discuss research efforts since the adoption of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) and Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act, the current challenges faced by UOCAVA voters and the election officials who serve them, potential policy or technology changes that could assist these voters, and what to watch for as we head into the 2026 midterms.

They will discuss these topics through the lens of the Overseas Voting Initiative (OVI), a collaboration between The Council of State Governments and the U.S. Department of Defense Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP) with its mission to educate state policymakers, election officials, and other election community stakeholders about the unique voting challenges faced by military and other U.S. citizens overseas, and methods for improving the voting process for these individuals.

Register in advance for this meeting: https://caltech.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2geaoSefRZqIcInHfsA2Ig

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

For more information on the Caltech Election Integrity Project, please visit our website at https://www.protectingtheelection.us/ or email us at [email protected].

For more information, please contact Sabrina Hameister by phone at 626-395-4228 or by email at [email protected].