Evidence-Based Elections - Ensuring Accurate Results Through Paper Ballots and Audits

Explore a comprehensive lecture on evidence-based elections and their crucial role in maintaining electoral integrity. Delve into the challenges faced by modern voting systems, including potential vulnerabilities to manipulation and fraud. Examine the concept of evidence-based elections, which rely on voter-verified paper ballots and rigorous manual audits. Discover the importance of hand-marked paper ballots and learn about two essential types of audits: compliance audits and risk-limiting audits (RLAs). Gain insights into how RLAs work across various voting systems and social choice functions. Understand the practical applications of RLAs, including their implementation in several states and the availability of open-source software to support these audits. Presented by Philip Stark from the University of California, Berkeley, this informative talk provides a deep dive into the methods and technologies that can help ensure the accuracy and trustworthiness of election results.