A Conversation: The Impact of EVIC's Local Election Official Survey Program on Election Science Research and Election Administration

Join Election & Voting Information Center Director Paul Gronke as he welcomes Andrew Carnegie Fellows Lisa A. Bryant and Mara Suttmann-Lea to discuss the ongoing impact of EVIC’s LEO Survey Program on their work and the fields of election science research and election administration. This is a free webinar.

Lisa A. Bryant is a professor and chair of the Department of Political Science at California State University, Fresno. Her research on election administration and voter behavior includes studies on voter confidence, voter ID, and how election reforms influence turnout. She also studies how voter mobilization efforts impact registration and turnout. Bryant is recognized as an expert on elections by the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL).

Mara Suttmann-Lea is associate professor of American politics at Connecticut College specializing in elections. Their work is driven by an interest in strengthening access to and confidence in American democracy, and ensuring all those who wish to participate in the democratic process have the correct information needed to do so. Suttmann-Lea’s research and teaching interweave assessments of how the intermediaries of democracy — election officials and political actors — shape the impact of voting laws on the public’s engagement in elections. They are a leading scholar of research on voter education, and their findings have been used to support the work of American election officials. Their research has been funded by the Social Science Research Council, the M.I.T. Election Data and Science Lab, and the United States Election Assistance Commission, and has been featured in a range of scholarly and public-facing outlets. They are also the founder of the podcast What Voting Means to Me, which features interviews with people from different walks of life about their experiences living in a democracy, and conversations with scholars and election officials about what can be done to improve the health of American democracy.

Free and open to the public. Register for the webinar here.