Tag: Election Audits
Communications
Audit Report Templates
Most post-election audit reports are not exactly easy reading. These templates are designed to help jurisdictions prepare professionally designed audit reports that briefly highlight findings and clearly explain audit processes.
Sep 4, 2024
Communications
“Security Sandwich” — Best Practices for Voting System Security and Accuracy Template
Use this template to highlight the many layers of security practices your office uses to secure votes and voting.
Aug 27, 2024
Communications
Election Observer Resources
Meaningful observation is essential to the health of the election process. The guides on this page are designed as handouts for election observers.
Feb 28, 2024
Accelerating Excellence
Elections Workforce Resource Library
The Elections Workforce Resource Library links to resources created by many organizations that can aid the elections workforce.
Jul 6, 2023
Election Audits
Risk-Limiting Audit Procedures for Local Election Officials
A risk-limiting audit (RLA) is a post-election tabulation audit in which a random sample of voted ballots is manually examined for evidence that the originally reported outcome of the election is correct. They also allow jurisdictions to strategically allocate resources to check more ballots when needed in close contests, and fewer ballots in contests with wider margins.
Feb 17, 2022
Election Audits
Knowing It’s Right: Limiting the Risk of Certifying Elections
The Democracy Fund Knowing It’s Right series will help you make the case for risk-limiting audits, understand how they work, put a pilot audit into practice, and design a ballot accounting program as the foundation of an audit.
Dec 1, 2021