This issue brief explains the distinct purposes of audits and recounts and how both can contribute to confidence in election outcomes.
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This brief explains risk limiting audits, how they differ from fixed-percentage audits, and state adoption trends.
This brief provides a current overview of post-election tabulation audits, state requirements, audit types, and policy considerations.
Authors describe the difficulties that vote-by-mail presents for Native American voters. Specifically, “members of the 574 federally recognized tribes” face barriers to political participation to a greater degree than any other racial or ethnic group. The authors also define measures that can be taken to level the field, all while respecting social distancing.
In this resource, Verified Voting explains why post-election audits of paper ballots provide evidence for election outcomes and opportunities to correct outcomes when needed.