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Abstract:
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Many states are currently writing or revising laws for election auditing. ASA members have been actively working with voting rights activists, computer scientists, state legislators, county supervisors of elections and secretaries of state to ensure the use of credible audit procedures for elections. Issues range from highly pragmatic (e.g., how to randomly select precincts in a way that is credible to public observers, how to efficiently and accurately tally votes from multiple races) to more theoretical (e.g., initial sampling designs, efficient sequential procedures for when findings from the initial sample are equivocal, post-hoc power calculations). The work is important, and the window of opportunity to improve all aspects of electoral process is open.
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