Thessalia Merivaki

Thessalia Merivaki is an Assistant Professor in American Politics at Mississippi State University. Her research focuses on the study of election reforms, election administration, voter education, as well as election data transparency and accessibility. A description of her research, and her full CV can be found at www.merivaki.com, and her research profile at #WomenAlsoKnowStuff.

Local election offices in US often are missing on social media – and the information they do post often gets ignored

Research shows that when local election officials use social media to distribute information about voting, voters are more likely to register to vote, to cast ballots and to have their ballots counted.

By Thessalia Merivaki