R. Michael Alvarez, PhD - Voting Machines

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R. Michael Alvarez, PhD Biography

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Professor of Political Science at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

Position:

None Found to the question "Do Electronic Voting Machines Improve the Voting Process?"

Reasoning:

No position found as of July 27, 2006

Involvement and Affiliations:

Help America Vote Act Section 301 Task Force Member, 2004-present
Committee member, National Commission on Elections and Voting; National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on a Framework for Understanding Electronic Voting, 2004-present
Professor of Political Science, Caltech, 2002-present
Co-director, Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project, 2002-present
Editorial Board – American Journal of Political Science, American Politics Quarterly, Election Law Journal, Political Behavior, The Journal of Politics, and Political Research Quarterly
“Scientific American 50” for contributions to improve the U.S. voting system, Scientific American magazine, 2004
Emerging Scholar Award, American Political Science Association, 2002
Testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Government Affairs, May 2001 and the California Association of Clerks and Election Officials, Apr. 2002 about election reform
Robert H. Durr Award, Midwest Political Science Association, 1997
John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation Faculty Fellowship, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2002
John M. Olin Faculty Fellowship, 1994-1995
Member – American Political Science Association, Midwest Political Science Association, Western Political Science Association, Southern Political Science Association, The Econometric Society, and the California Historical Society

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