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2. Risk-Limiting Audits: A Guide for Election Observation Efforts
- Author:
- The Carter Center
- Publication Date:
- 06-2022
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- The Carter Center
- Abstract:
- The risk-limiting audit (RLA) is a statistical technique for limiting the risk of certifying an incorrect election outcome — that is, the risk that the apparent winner did not in fact receive the most votes. A random sample of paper ballots is visually checked by auditors, and the results are compared with the outcome reported by the tabulator/scanner equipment. If there is sufficiently strong statistical evidence based on this sample that the reported outcome was correct, the audit stops and the tabulated result is confirmed. If evidence from the sample is inconclusive, another sample is drawn, potentially progressing all the way to a full hand recount. The RLA thus either confirms the reported outcome or corrects it.
- Topic:
- Elections, Election watch, Election Observation, and Audit
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus
3. The Georgia Risk-Limiting Audit/Hand Tally: A Carter Center Observation Report
- Author:
- The Carter Center
- Publication Date:
- 11-2020
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- The Carter Center
- Abstract:
- Following the November 2020 election, Georgia conducted a risk-limiting audit (RLA) of the presidential race. This audit constituted the largest hand tally of an election race in U.S. history. The Carter Center, which has observed more than 110 elections in 39 countries, was the only nonpartisan organization credentialed by the Office of the Secretary of State to provide an impartial assessment of the implementation of the audit process. The Center had the same access provided to the political party monitors who were present throughout the state. In deploying independent monitors to observe the Georgia RLA, The Carter Center hoped to bolster voter confidence in Georgia’s electoral process by assessing the state’s efforts to improve the transparency of its elections.
- Topic:
- Corruption, Elections, Voting, Participation, Election Dispute, and Audit
- Political Geography:
- North America and United States of America