American Statistical Association Speaks in Favor of Manual Audits & Recounts
The American Statistical Association released a paper on October 26, 2006 "Statistical Issues in Elections"
http://www.amstat.org/news/StatisticalIssuesInElections.pdf
in which it states that:
"Only real recounts (cross-checking paper records against official tabulations), not just rereading machine totals, will resolve close elections."
This position of the American Statistical Association is in stark contrast to many U.S. state recount policies, including Utah's new recount policies that merely reread machine totals, along with a statistically insufficient audit, even in cases where margins between candidates are less than 1%!
For more about Utah's new audit and recount policies see http://utahcountvotes.org/ltgov/ElectionXPolicy.pdf and http://utahcountvotes.org/ltgov/Response2LtGov-Audit-Recount.pdf
Kathy Dopp
http://electionarchive.org
National Election Data Archive
Dedicated to Accurately Counting Elections
"Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day," wrote Thomas Jefferson in 1816
http://www.amstat.org/news/StatisticalIssuesInElections.pdf
in which it states that:
"Only real recounts (cross-checking paper records against official tabulations), not just rereading machine totals, will resolve close elections."
This position of the American Statistical Association is in stark contrast to many U.S. state recount policies, including Utah's new recount policies that merely reread machine totals, along with a statistically insufficient audit, even in cases where margins between candidates are less than 1%!
For more about Utah's new audit and recount policies see http://utahcountvotes.org/ltgov/ElectionXPolicy.pdf and http://utahcountvotes.org/ltgov/Response2LtGov-Audit-Recount.pdf
Kathy Dopp
http://electionarchive.org
National Election Data Archive
Dedicated to Accurately Counting Elections
"Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day," wrote Thomas Jefferson in 1816
rudkla - 31. Okt, 22:18
