Politics

Risk-Limiting Audits: A Statistical Method to Ensure Election Quality

Electronic voting systems are subject to glitches and cyberattacks. Paper-based voting systems require an onerous hand-count to check results. Fortunately, an alternative is emerging. Risk-limiting audits use statistical methods to determine the smallest number of ballots needed to review in order to audit elections efficiently and reliably. On February 3, the 2020 Presidential Election officially […]