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On Auditing Elections When Precincts Have Different Sizes

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  • Auditing Strategies
  • Election Audits
  • Precinct Sizes
  • Sampling
Working Paper No.: 
55
Date Published: 
01/01/2009
Author(s): 
Ronald L. Rivest

We address the problem of auditing an election when precincts may have different sizes, and suggest methods for picking a sample of precincts to audit that takes precinct size into account. one method yields optimal auditing strategies together with an exact measure of its effectiveness (probability of detecting corruption of a given size).

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