Thessalia (Lia) Merivaki, Ph.D.
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  • “Midterms 2022: 4 experts on the effects of voter intimidation laws, widespread mail-in voting – and what makes a winner.” The Conversation, November 8, 2022 (Contributing Author).
  • "Voting in Georgia: What's New in 2022?" The Carter Center, Facebook Live, October 6, 2022. 
  • "As the midterms loom, here's how election officials can help voters: It's National Voter Education Week! Do you know what your election officials are doing?" The Monkey Cage Blog, October 5, 2022 (With Mara Suttmann-Lea).
  • "Vision Podcast Episode 43 - Dr. Lia Merivaki and the 2022 Midterm Elections" College of Arts and Sciences, Mississippi State University.
  • "Local election offices often are missing on social media – and the information they do post often gets ignored," The Conversation, August 31, 2022 (With Mara Suttman-Lea.)
  • "15 Minutes with Elections Expert Thessalia Merivaki," Quarterly Publication of the Trust the Vote Project, OSET Institute, July 17, 2022. 
  • "Online Voter Education by local election officials is a powerful tool for reaching 100% student voting." State of the Student Vote, June 21, 2022 (with Mara Suttmann-Lea). 
  • "How do Local Election Officials reach new voters?" MIT Election Data and Science Lab, November 4, 2021 (with Mara Suttmann-Lea).
  • "Is ballot collection, or 'ballot harvesting,' good for democracy? We asked 5 experts," The Conversation, May 15, 2021.​
  • "Elections Rule," No Jargon Podcast, Scholars Strategy Network, October 9 2020.
  • "Poll workers on Election Day will be younger - and probably more diverse- due to COVID-19," the Conversation, September 17, 2020. 
  • "Securing Fair Elections: Challenges to Voting in the United States and Georgia," Scholars Strategy Network, December 10, 2019 (contributing author).
  • "Measuring Voter Engagement in Election Administration: How much Do States Expect from Local Election Officials?," MIT Election Data and Science Lab, July 12, 2019 (with Mara Suttman-Lea).
  • "Why those who register to vote early can risk having their voter registration rejected," London School of Economics American Politics and Policy Blog, February 27, 2019.
  • ​“Managing Voter Registration Lists the Hybrid Way: The Case of Mississippi,” MIT Election Data and Science Lab, July 26, 2018 (with Sean Conner).
  • “Who Votes Provisionally and Why? A Look at North Carolina’s 2016 General Election,” MIT Election Data and Science Lab, May 2, 2018 (with Daniel A. Smith).
  • “What Provisional Ballots Tell Us about the Remaining Challenges in America’s Local Voting Systems,” Scholars Strategy Network Key Findings, February 2018.
  • “The big cost of using big data in elections,” The Washington Post, October 18, 2015 (with Michael McDonald and Peter Licari).
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  • Home
  • CV
  • Research
    • Ongoing Projects
  • Voter Education Research
  • Research Briefs, Media & Op-Eds
  • Teaching
    • Community Engaged Learning (CEL) Initiatives