Post Election Audits
Philip Stark: Report on second risk-limiting audit under AB 2023 in Monterey County California
The second risk-limiting audit under California AB 2023 was conducted on May 6 in Monterey County. The contest was a Special all-mail election for Monterey Peninsula Water Management District Director, Division 1. Monterey uses Sequoia equipment. There were two candidates: Brenda Lewis and Thomas M. Mancini, and write-ins. 2111 ballots were cast in all. The reported totals were 1353 reported... »
Paper Ballots – New York Courts Don’t Get It
New York State’s highest Court has upheld lower Court decisions to stop any further counting of ballots and declare a winner in the 7th Senate District race. The decision is unfortunate on many levels, not the least of which is that it sets legal precedent in the State for how we verify election results... »
California Legislation Calls for First Risk-Limiting Pilot Audits
Over the past year, election auditing experts, including Verified Voting staff, have been working with California Secretary of State Debra Bowen’s office toward improving California’s audits. Now legislation authorizing the Secretary of State to work with a minimum of five volunteer counties to conduct pilot risk-limiting audits in 2011 is making good progress. The... »
Efficient Auditing of Election Results
On March 27 and 28, 2010, Verified Voting and Common Cause sponsored a meeting of in Washington, D.C. to share experiences and ideas for improving post-election audits. The participants included election officials, statisticians, computer and political scientists, election integrity advocates, and voting system vendor technical staff. This meeting marked the first time that diverse... »
Voting Systems in the May 2010 Primaries
The 2010 primary season heats up this month, with Indiana, Ohio, and North Carolina voting today. 10 states in all will hold primaries for statewide and federal office. The May primaries include a contested race for the Republican nomination for Governor of Ohio, contested Democratic U.S. Senate primaries in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Arkansas, and... »
American Statistical Association Endorses Risk-limiting Audits of Election Results
Read the ASA press release here. American Statistical Association Statement on Risk-Limiting Post-Election Audits Poorly marked ballots, computer glitches, and voting system configuration errors can make machine vote counts diverge from voters’ intentions. By comparing hand counts of randomly selected ballots with machine tallies, we can judge whether a full hand count would show... »
Iowa Senate Lags; Legislation to Protect the 2010 Vote In Jeopardy
Iowans for Voting Integrity expressed dismay that leading Senators have failed to secure the vote in 2010. The Senate has halted action on House File 682, which requires a hand count of a random sample of ballots after each general election in order to ensure computerized vote tallies are reliable. HF 682 enjoys widespread... »
Iowa Needs a Post-Election Audit
Iowans, and especially Polk County folks, please take some time out of your busy day to protect the 2010 elections. The final March 5 deadline for getting legislation out of committee is fast approaching at the Statehouse, and your help is needed to pass House File 682, an important bill that would provide checks... »
2009 Issues in the States
2009 has been an eventful year for verified voting in the states. The year saw more progress toward policies that provide trustworthy voting – as well as significant efforts to reverse progress already made. Verified Voting has played an important role in both fighting for reform and holding the line against reversals. Progress On... »
Recommendations to NIST on Post Election Audits
To: National Institute of Standards and Technology We, the undersigned, participated in a working meeting on vote tabulation audits hosted by the American Statistical Association (ASA) on October 23 and 24, 2009. We write to emphasize that future iterations of the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) should facilitate effective vote tabulation audits. We applaud... »
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