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2016 Audit: Comments and Recommendations

"Learn about the importance of election audits and how Clear Ballot's software can improve election administration. Find out how Maryland can lead in modeling good audits and ensuring transparency and accuracy in the voting process."

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2016 Audit: Comments and Recommendations

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  1. 2016 Audit: Comments and Recommendations Poorvi L. Vora Computer Science The George Washington University

  2. Election Audits: Now is the Time • Given the recent election, a national conversation is ongoing • The team who wrote the letters to you is playing a prominent part in the conversations • Maryland can lead by modeling good audits • Audits help convince all sides • Clear Ballot’s software can help find some problems and improve election administration • Is the report (with all the numbers) available on the website?

  3. Audit the system that takes voter-verified ballots as input to produce the tally ES&S Results DS-200 Photo: Verified Voting

  4. How Optical Scan Tabulation Works DS 200 DS 200 Software: Interpret and Tally DS 200 Output Handling Software 1011 0010 Imaging Sensors Image Data ES&S Results

  5. Clear Ballot Audit: $275K Not independent; not observable CB Results DS 200 CB Computer: Interpret and Tally 1011 0010 DS 200 Software: Interpret and Tally DS 200 Output Handling Software 1011 0010 ?= Imaging Sensors Image Data ES&S Results Assuming correct?!!

  6. Election audits should demonstrate that the output matches the source and be transparent + observable CB Results

  7. We can publicly audit electronically-counted elections • By establishing a clear connection between the tally and the voter-verified ballots • Choose ballots at random and manually evaluate the vote • Look at enough ballots for high confidence • All of CB’s previous audits have been of this kind • Machines can play an important role in efficient detection of some errors

  8. Recommendation: Appoint an expert advisory board to • shortlist three approaches for a pilot study • help you carry out the pilot in Spring next year • evaluate the results of the study using your objectives and constraints • advise you on the audit to use • train your staff on the audit Other states (Colorado, California) have done so

  9. Possible Audit Approaches

  10. Any questions? More Information: http://www2.seas.gwu.edu/~poorvi/MarylandAudits/

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