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If we want to make these kind of audits part of the process, we need to put the statisticians in an isolated environment before the election. Tell them Candida
by xamuel 10y ago
If we want to make these kind of audits part of the process, we need to put the statisticians in an isolated environment before the election. Tell them Candidate A won by X% in such-and-such counties, but don't tell them who A is.
Any other way, it's kids crying about the rules after losing Monopoly.
- snowwrestler 10y agoI would much prefer to standardize on paper ballots, and then we would not have to mess around with statistical analysis and audits of software code. I think votes should be recorded in a way that any set of adults could easily check for themselves with minimal tools.
- snowwrestler 10y agoReplying to myself to offer more info: https://medium.com/@jhalderm/want-to-know-if-the-election-was-hacked-look-at-the-ballots-c61a6113b0ba#.p4hzdojxx https://medium.com/@jhalderm/want-to-know-if-the-election-wa... Apparently WI does use paper ballots, but they are not checked at all unless a recount is called. Which is ridiculous.