On Auditing Elections When Precincts Have Different Sizes
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...
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Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project
2015
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| description | 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).
We restrict attention to basic auditing strategies, in which each precinct P is audited independently with some probability p determined by the auditor. The auditing probability for a precinct will depend on the size of the precinct, with larger precincts audited more frequently; when all precincts have the same size they will have the same probability of being audited. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/965922019-04-11T06:37:34Z On Auditing Elections When Precincts Have Different Sizes Rivest, Ronald L. Auditing elections Precinct sizes Sampling Auditing strategies 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). We restrict attention to basic auditing strategies, in which each precinct P is audited independently with some probability p determined by the auditor. The auditing probability for a precinct will depend on the size of the precinct, with larger precincts audited more frequently; when all precincts have the same size they will have the same probability of being audited. 2015-04-15T11:56:34Z 2015-04-15T11:56:34Z 2007-04-29 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96592 en_US VTP Working Paper Series;55 application/pdf Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project |
| spellingShingle | Auditing elections Precinct sizes Sampling Auditing strategies Rivest, Ronald L. On Auditing Elections When Precincts Have Different Sizes |
| title | On Auditing Elections When Precincts Have Different Sizes |
| title_full | On Auditing Elections When Precincts Have Different Sizes |
| title_fullStr | On Auditing Elections When Precincts Have Different Sizes |
| title_full_unstemmed | On Auditing Elections When Precincts Have Different Sizes |
| title_short | On Auditing Elections When Precincts Have Different Sizes |
| title_sort | on auditing elections when precincts have different sizes |
| topic | Auditing elections Precinct sizes Sampling Auditing strategies |
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