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Mississippi Today- Voter inactivations surge in midterms since secretary of state adopted unverified Experian data to clean voter rolls

Thessalia Merivaki, director of the Foley Institute, spoke with Mississippi Today about a surge in voter inactivations ahead of the November midterm election, which were the first since the Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office authorized unverified data from the credit bureau Experian for counties to use statewide when cleaning their voter rolls.

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Internet Archives Blog- Weaving ‘Tapestries’, A New Tool for Digital Storytelling and Archiving

Dene Grigar, professor and director of creative media and digital culture in DTC at WSU Vancouver, was interviewed about her classroom use of “Tapestries”, a new tool for digital storytelling that helps users gather materials from across various media for inclusion into a single narrative space. 

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Center for Technology and Democracy- Betting on the Ballot? How Prediction Markets Can Reshape the Election Environment

Thessalia Merivaki, director of the Foley Institute, co-authored an article for the Center for Technology and Democracy looking at how prediction markets are shaping the information environment around the 2026 midterms and the implications for election administration.

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VoterCast- How did you thank your election heroes this year?

This opinion column from Lia Merivaki, director of the Foley Institute, discusses inviting elections officials from the state of Washington and Whitman County to speak with the WSU community about how voting in Washington state works and how they engage with voters on the ground. 

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