Resources

Use our resource library to explore the latest research in the field of election science.

39 Resources

Audits & Validating Elections Issue Briefs

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.

Audits & Validating Elections Reports

This report evaluates possible risk limiting audit (RLA) methods for Rhode Island's statutory RLA program and recommends practical implementation approaches.

Jennifer MorrellDemocracy Fund2019
Audits & Validating Elections Reports

This report provides a step-by-step workbook for officials planning and conducting a ballot-comparison risk limiting audits, including planning templates and operational considerations.

Jennifer MorrellDemocracy Fund2019
Audits & Validating Elections Reports

This report provides a plain-language guide explaining what risk limiting audits are, why they matter, and how election officials can evaluate adoption.

Audits & Validating Elections Tools

Verified Voting maintains and publicly available, searchable database documenting state laws, regulations, and procedures for post-election audits across U.S. jurisdictions.

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine2018
Audits & Validating Elections Academic Papers

This paper, recommends voter-verifiable paper ballots and routine audits of paper ballots to verify tabulation and detect compromised systems.

Audits & Validating Elections Reports

This report describes Colorado's online risk limiting audits tool, risk-limit concepts, and county-facing implementation details after statewide adoption.

American Statistical Association2018
Audits & Validating Elections Academic Papers

This paper sets out principles for reliable post-election tabulation audits, including voter-verifiable paper records, transparency, ballot protection, and statistical rigor.

Philip B. StarkUniversity of California, Berkeley2018
Audits & Validating Elections Academic Papers

In this paper, authors provide a concise policy-oriented introduction to evidence-based elections and risk limiting audits, including legislative principles and implementation considerations.

Stephanie Singer, Neal McBurnettVerified Voting2018
Audits & Validating Elections Reports

This report summarizes the Orange County Registrar of Voters pilot audit of all countywide election contests.

Ronald L. Rivest, Philip B. Stark, Zara Perumal2017
Audits & Validating Elections Academic Papers

This paper explores voting-rule design choices that can reduce audit burden and improve auditability, with implications for post-election verification.

Ronald L. RivestMIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory2017
Audits & Validating Elections Academic Papers

In this paper, authors introduces ClipAudit, a simplified risk-limiting post-election audit method intended to make statistical audits more understandable and implementable.