virtually ensure that election outcomes are correct, as well as
scientifically prove that fixed 1 or 2% audits are insufficient for
ensuring correct election outcomes in cases with close candidate
margins, especially in small or medium-sized jurisdictions. This is
the way to achieve the goal that everyone agrees on: "correct election
outcomes that result in the properly elected candidates being sworn
into office"
NEDA thus has derived two new equations since November 2004 that will
help to ensure accurate election results:
1. NEDA's "exit poll discrepancy" equation will allow mathematicians
or statisticians to test patterns of exit poll discrepancy data to
evaluate whether the discrepancy patterns are more consistent with
vote miscount or with partisan response bias. No more long-winded
academic debates over exit poll data. However, this method requires
publicly available exit poll data, and funding would have to be raised
to conduct public exit polls.
and
scientifically ensure that the right candidates are sworn into office,
and who wouldn't agree with that? Certainly the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) will adopt this audit percentage
equation as the new standard for auditing vote count accuracy.
Because these new methods for ensuring election integrity will not be
implemented in time for the upcoming November 2006 race, NEDA urgently
needs funding now to complete legal and technical projects necessary
to obtain and analyze the detailed vote count data that can be used,
as it was in Washington and New Mexico, to uncover probable vote
miscounts and spur the adoption of better voting systems.
Here are the handouts I created for NASS conference attendees:
How Election Officials Could Ensure Accurate Vote Counts
http://electionarchive.org/ucvanalysis/us/election_officials/audits_monitoring.p
df
Brennan Center Report - one page summary
http://electionarchive.org/ucvinfo/us/brennancenter-votingsystems.pdf
US League of Women Voters' New Official Position on U.S. Voting Systems
http://electionarchive.org/ucvinfo/us/lwvus-resolution2006.pdf
There are Virtually NO Federal Voting System Guidelines
http://electionarchive.org/ucvinfo/us/nofederalstandards.pdf
I hope these will be useful for your own local city, county, and state
officials.
Thank you.
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Kathy Dopp
http://electionarchive.org
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