FEBRUARY

• 2/22: Special to The Sacramento Bee, "And now for something completely different for California elections: Other views: Commission would ease politicking" by R. Michael Alvarez and Thad E. Hall.

MAY

• 5/8: USA Today article, "Push to replace voting machines spurs confusion" discusses the controversy over the reliability of voting machines. The article mentions a study on voting from MIT.

OCTOBER

• 10/6: CNET News.com published "E-voting hobbled by security concerns", which discusses the issues of voting verification and the NIST conference on voting security. Michael Alvarez is quoted on his views about this topic.
• 10/7: Ron Rivest quoted in CNET News.com article, "Panel: E-voting vulnerable"
• 10/23: Michael Alvarez visited Buenos Aires, Argentina as an international observer of their Electronic Voting Pilot Project. Photos and documentation of the project can be viewed here.

NOVEMBER

• 11/1: The California Special Election is Tuesday November 8. Coverage of this event and pre-voting can be viewed here.
• 11/1: Michael Alvarez and Jonathan Katz on panels at the "Democracy on the Brink: the California Special Election" conference held at the USC Gould School of Law and Politics.

DECEMBER

• 12/5-6: Michael Alvarez attended a 2-day meeting at the National Academies of Science to discuss the development of a sound analytical basis for improving public participation and confidence in 21st century elections. Asking the Right Questions About Voting is available for free from NAS in prepublication form.