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Risk limiting audits aka statistical sampling. There is no way to be absolutely certain the final count is 100% correct. Which is sorta okay most of the time, w
by specialist 4y ago
Risk limiting audits aka statistical sampling. There is no way to be absolutely certain the final count is 100% correct. Which is sorta okay most of the time, when the margin of victory is greater than the error rate.
Our FPTP voting system is the most brittle. 50% + 1 vote.
Election integrity would be greatly improved by switching to voting systems more resilient to errors. Specifically Approval Voting (or RCV) for single seat contests and Proportional Representation for assemblies.
- theluketaylor 4y agoI would certainly agree first past the post is a deeply broken system. I’m strongly in favour of reform there, but am increasingly concerned that any replacement needs to be as simple a counting process as possible to ensure everyone fully grasps it. Nothing is worse for trust in the electoral process than distrust in the counting mechanism. If there is anything to be learned from 2020 it’s that elections are actually about showing who lost and not just who won. If people don’t agree on who lost chaos ensues.