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Statistical auditing. After the elections you sample the ballots to make sure they match. If you find any instances of error, that immediately raises red flags
by echelon 1y ago
Statistical auditing.
After the elections you sample the ballots to make sure they match. If you find any instances of error, that immediately raises red flags about the entire vote set.
In a close election, you comb over the results.
- gruez 1y agoThat's not my question. What's preventing the machine from encoding my name in the QR code? That breaks the concept of a secret ballot.
- echelon 1y agoTrust. If such a scheme was ever discovered, it would make national news.
- gruez 1y agoIsn't "just trust me bro" approach to elections the whole reason for the OP and the wider election fraud controversy?
- lokar 1y agoI don’t think the QE is really needed. A reasonably formatted ballot that is almost always machine marked should be trivial to OCR. Combined with risk limiting audits you have a very strong system