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Verifying Elections: The Case Against the “Audit of Precincts” Method

Submitted by Beth on Wed, 04/04/2007 - 9:34pm.

Verification Procedures / Audits

Attached is a white paper in PDF format prepared by the Oregon Voter Rights Coalition on why the popular "audit of precinct" method of election verification is not statistically valid to check the accuracy of election results. Click here to view the paper, Verifying Elections: The Case Against the "Audit of Precincts" Method.

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