This page summarizes and lists my media appearances and articles related to elections security. Click here to return to the index of all media appearances.
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News Articles
Banner political notes: Mayor debate next week; feeding bills to the sharks; Baltimore and Senate endorsements (The Baltimore Banner, February 2024)
Survey seeks to identify issues with voting process in Anne Arundel County (WBAL-TV Baltimore, February 2024)
Teaming Up to Improve Maryland Elections: New Survey Looks to Streamline Voting Processes and Increase Voter Turnout (Towson University Newsroom, January 2024)
Fact Check: False Claim That Mail-in Voting is Connected to Bad Actors, Fraudulent Ballots (USA Today, November 2022)
Reprinted in Yahoo (November 2022)
Voter Fraud and Ballot Security (SciLine | AAAS, November 2022)
Election Security Matters in the 2022 Midterms (INFORMS, November 2022)
WBAL’s Commitment 2022 Preview Special (interview starts at 14:18) (WBAL Radio, November 2022)
Election Security: Simple Mistakes Outnumber Fraud Attempts, Neither Happen Enough to Affect Election Outcomes (ABC 23 Bakersfield, November 2022)
Reprinted in Newsbreak (November 2022)
Local Registrar says Humbolt County Prepared for Election Day Disruptions (The Times Standard, November 2022)
What a Divided Nebraska Town Shows About Mail-in Voting (The Hill, October 2022)
Mail-in Voting Does Not Increase Chance of Election Fraud - Study (Newsweek, January 2022)
Study Shows That Increased Voting by Mail Does Not Reduce the Security of US Elections (AAAS, January 2022)
Reprinted in Yahoo Finance, PR Newswire, Phys.org, Newswise (January 2022)
New Study Finds Voting by Mail Does Not Increase Risk of Voting Fraud (Courthouse News Service, January 2022)
Reprinted in Tucson Sentinel (January 2022)
USA: Postal Voting is Not a Security Risk (ftd.de (Germany), January 2022)
Election Fraud Isn’t Increased by Mail-in Voting, According to a Study (Ceng News, January 2022)
Mail-in Voting Secure, TU Study Finds (Towson University Newsroom, January 2022)
Reprinted in Patch (January 2022)
An Earful of Ideas: 3 Seasons of Problem Solved (IISE, December 2021)
TU Election Security Expert Will Present to NATO (Towson University Newsroom, October 2021)
Anne Arundel County, a TU Partner, Recognized by Federal Government for Election Work (Towson University Newsroom, March 2021)
Keeping the Election and Ballots Integrity Intact (Fox 23 Tulsa, November 2020)
Les « poll workers », gardiens anonymes de la démocratie américaine (The "poll workers" anonymous guardians of American democracy) (La Croix (France), November 2020)
Local Experts Address 2020 Security and Misinformation Threats (Baltimore Fishbowl, November 2020)
“New Phase of Cyber Warfare”: In 2020, Election Security and Misinformation Threats are More Domestic than Foreign (Technical.ly Baltimore, November 2020)
The Years of Work That Went Into Preparing Towson University for Election Day (Towson University Newsroom, November 2020)
Reprinted in Patch (November 2020)
Towson University Professor, Anne Arundel County Team Up on Election Cybersecurity Training (WJZ Baltimore, October 2020)
Maryland Mail-in Ballots at Historic Levels Before Election Day (Capital News Service, October 2020)
Reprinted in The Maryland Reporter (October 2020) and The Southern Maryland Chronicle (October 2020)
Towson U Trains Election Judges in Election Security Threats (WBAL Radio, October 2020)
Protecting Maryland’s Polling Places (Towson University Newsroom, October 2020)
Reprinted in Patch (October 2020)
Friday is Deadline to Request Absentee Ballot in Virginia (WAVY Norfolk, October 2020)
Where Oklahoma Stands in Making Sure Your Vote Counts (Fox23 Tulsa, October 2020)
Researcher Explains Study Results Showing Mail-in Voting is Secure (WAVY Norfork, October 2020)
Towson University Professor Aims to Bolster Local Election Security at Voting Sites (The Baltimore Sun and The Towson Times, October 2020)
Election Security Concerns After a Week of Reported Issues (Fox45 Baltimore, October 2020)
Virtually Honoring TU’s Community Partners (Towson University Newsroom, October 2020)
Expert: Maryland Hasn’t Had Widespread Fraud with In-person or Mail-in Voting (WBAL-TV Baltimore, September 2020)
COVID-19 and the Impact on Election Security (EngageTU, August 2020)
Securing the Election (Towson University Newsroom, November 2019)
Megan Price is Doing Her Part to Protect Our Elections (Towson University Newsroom, June 2018)
Op-Ed
Drop Boxes, Mail-in Voting Are Not Threats to Election Integrity (Real Clear Politics, January 2022)
Texas Vote Restrictions Fight Fraud - But Where is the Fraud? (The Orlando Sentinel, October 2021)
Lessons Unlearned: Misguided Efforts in the Guise of Election Security (ORMS Today, June 2021)
Secure Elections, Misinformed Rhetoric (ORMS Today, January 2021)
COVID Crisis Amid Election Season: 3 Threats to Consider Before Making a Very Important Decision (The Hill, August 2020)
STATEMENTS FOR THE RECORD
Statements submitted to the United States Congress
Ongoing Threats to Election Administration - Senate Committee on Rules and Administration (November 2023) PDF
Voting in America: The Potential for Polling Place Quality and Restrictions on Opportunities to Vote to Interfere with Free and Fair Access to the Ballot - Committee on House Administration (June 2021) PDF
Profiles
Shining the Spotlight on Mail-based Voting and Student Research (Winter 2021)
What’s Your StORy? (INFORMS, December 2019)
What’s Your Story? (IISE, June 2019)
PRofiles of Student Researchers
Protecting Maryland’s Voting Processes at Towson University (EngageTU, October 2019)
ACES Students Work on US Voting Vulnerabilities (University of Maryland Newsroom, February 2019)
LIVE EVENTS
Voting Rights Laws and Election Fraud: The Role of Mail-In Voting (August 2021)
I served as a panelist, along with Dr. Josh Dehlinger, as part of the INFORMS webinar series on operations research and policymaking. Josh and I discuss risks and threats associated with mail voting along with training poll workers to identify and mitigate threats at polling places.
Resoundingly Human (October 2020)
INFORMS podcast that brings operations research and analytics to life by discussing real world, impactful applications of these techniques to large-scale problems. The audience is meant to be general and non-technical. This episode is called Protecting Election Security, How Safe is Your Vote? I discuss threats to election security and what can be done to protect the integrity of votes cast. The podcast is available on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher.
Cyber Security and Elections (August 2020)
I served as a panelist, along with Brigadier General Francis X. Taylor (Ret.) of US Cyberdome, as part of the INFORMS webinar series on operations research and policymaking. We discuss the state of elections security in the run-up to the 2020 General Election. I also cover COVID-19 implications to the election, and the scale-up of mail-based voting during the pandemic.
Problem Solved (May 2020)
This is the podcast from the IISE and features conversations with industrial and systems engineers about their work, ideas and solutions. I am featured on season 1, episode 20 regarding elections security and the Handbook of Military and Defense Operations Research. The podcast is available on Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, Spotify, and other services. You can also find the episode through the link above. This podcast was selected as a top 10 episode in December 2021.
Resoundingly Human (November 2018)
INFORMS podcast that brings operations research and analytics to life by discussing real world, impactful applications of these techniques to large-scale problems. The audience is meant to be general and non-technical. I am featured on season 1, episode 5 regarding cyber, physical, and insider threats at polling places. I start at about the 9:20 mark. The podcast is available on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher. You can also find the episode here.