Election Reform

garybeck

(10,041 posts) Wed Jan 30, 2013, 01:53 AM Jan 2013

Looking for experts on optical scanner auditing

Please save the "audits are useless" response for another thread.

In Vermont we have no audit law but we are working on one. We are looking for expert testimony -- a person(s) who are familiar with the different kinds of audits done in various states, which ones are considered most effective and why, etc. We are 100% optical scanner, no DRE, so an expert on auditing DREs would not be helpful to us. Mainly we are looking for testimony on how audits can be most effective, statistically significant, etc. Comparative costs of different types of audits... Is there another state that does decent audits that we could model after..? Basically we're looking for someone very familiar with election auditing.

I have someone from Verified Voting who will testify. If anyone cares to suggest another qualified person who might be interested in testifying, please let me know.

Thanks
gary

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Looking for experts on optical scanner auditing (Original Post) garybeck Jan 2013 OP

Check the American Statistical Association website eridani Jan 2013 #1

thanks, I have seen org mentioned before, actually just yesterday when I was looking at this garybeck Jan 2013 #2

You might try crossposting to GD for annabanana Jan 2013 #3

yeah, sad but true. this forum used to be the hot spot, but it's fizzled. garybeck Jan 2013 #4

Sad to say that Dem interest in election integrity seems to wane when-- eridani Jan 2013 #5

Gary, I would contact Luther Weeks in Connecticut. truckin Jan 2013 #6

I believe we do random opscan audits here in MN, Mister Ed Feb 2013 #7

eridani

(51,907 posts)

1. Check the American Statistical Association website

Reply to garybeck (Original post)

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 03:11 AM

Jan 2013

I saw a few years back where they volunteered to design audit protocols to 99% certainty taking into account both the number of votes in a district and the difference in votes between the candidates.

garybeck

(10,041 posts)

2. thanks, I have seen org mentioned before, actually just yesterday when I was looking at this

Reply to eridani (Reply #1)

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 11:53 AM

Jan 2013

Best Practices for Election Audits
http://electionaudits.org/files/best%20practices%20final_0.pdf

on the front page it says at the bottom
Statistical portions, principles 5–7 and their best practices, endorsed by the American Statistical Association.

I wish I had a name to go on.

thanks!