Election Audits
Tips
on observing all steps in elections
Sample size estimates to audit each federal contest
2020
Winning margin & audit options in all contests, selected counties
Video explanation of
approaches to audits
Current
audit rules in each state (see map below)
Paper on
good ways to audit all contests
Costs
& contracts for past audits
Reports on past audits:
Arizona 2020 General
audits.
Arkansas: https://static.ark.org/eeuploads/elections/2024_Preferential_Primary_Audit_Report_Final.pdf
and https://static.ark.org/eeuploads/elections/2020_Post_Election_Audit_Report_-_Final.pdf
California 2020 and later
audits and 2008-2011
and county election administration plans.
2008-present Humboldt
County image audits. 2011-12 tests of image audits
at UCSD for
Alameda, Marin, Merced, San Luis Obispo, Stanislaus, Ventura, and RLAs in these
counties and Humboldt, Monterey, Orange
Colorado 2017-2021
audits. 2018 critique of
2017 audits
Connecticut, 2011-present
(click "Next Dist" to get local report at
bottom of screen) and critique.
2022 RLA audit report,
and critique of RLA
report
Florida 2020
official audits. Image audits of Collier, St.
Lucie & Volusia Counties
Georgia https://sos.ga.gov/page/2020-general-election-risk-limiting-audit
Image audits of Bartow and Fulton Counties
Idaho: https://sos.idaho.gov/PressRelease/2022/20220613_AuditSecondaryReport.pdf
and https://sos.idaho.gov/2022/12/02/2022-general-post-election-audit-preliminary-results/
Iowa: https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/results/xls/2020/2020PrecinctAudits.xlsx
Maryland: each county
audits a sample of one contest and Clear Ballot re-interprets every ballot
image: 2020
Clear Ballot
Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/documents/sos/BOE_2020_Post_Election_Audit_Report_04_21_21_723005_7.pdf
Minnesota: https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/how-elections-work/post-election-reviews/
Nebraska 2020 General and Primary
audits (2% random sample of all precincts meant 1 or 2 each in 27 or
20 of the 93
counties).
New Jersey: 2022-2023: Choose year, then scroll down to audit https://nj.gov/state/elections/election-information.shtml:
New Mexico: https://www.sos.state.nm.us/voting-and-elections/how-we-secure-your-vote/election-audits/
New York: 2020 general for Kings, Nassau Richmond
Suffolk, Broome Cayuga Chenango Cortland Herkimer Madison Oneida Onondaga
Oswego Tioga Wayne counties & more on Madison+Oswego
(and guidance)
North Carolina's 2 precincts
per county and 1 local contest
in 17 counties
Ohio: https://www.sos.state.oh.us/elections/election-results-and-data/2020/
Pennsylvania: RLAs
& critique. And traditional batch audits
of lesser of 2% or 2,000 ballots in each county. A 2018 court agreement
requires them to "audit all unofficial election results using robust
pre-certification audit methods..."
Rhode Island https://elections.ri.gov/elections/results/RLA.php
South Carolina 2022
Utah: https://voteinfo.utah.gov/2020-election-records/
Virginia: https://www.elections.virginia.gov/resultsreports/election-security/rla/
with 2019-2020
audits; summary instructions
Wisconsin: image audit of Dane
County
Washington's 2020 San Juan
County (very experienced) report &
video (staff
block view; 290 ok of 290 votes checked), and Pierce County report (36
ok of 36 votes checked)
Please tell admin@votewell.net,
the sites for other audit reports
Current, sortable, list of Audit Rules is actively and
accurately maintained at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_audit#Table_of_U.S._audit_rules
Other maps
are less detailed at
·
https://www.mapresearch.org/democracy-maps/post_election_audits
·
https://verifiedvoting.org/verifier/#mode/navigate/map/auditLaw/mapType/audit/year/2022
