Risk Limiting Audits

Risk Limiting Audits (RLAs) can be used to validate results using a small statistical sample of the paper ballots, sometimes less than 1%.
RLAs should be performed routinely after every election.
Fortune 500 companies use similar practices for quality control.

Progress in Pennsylvania

Citizens for Better Elections has worked in coalition with many local, state, and national groups to win significant victories in Pennsylvania through various campaigns. Your calls and letters made these victories happen!

In February 2019, the Wolf Administration required that new voting systems in Pennsylvania provide a voter-verifiable paper ballot or paper record of votes cast.
In April 2018, The PA Department of State required that counties select new voter-verifiable paper record voting systems by December 31, 2019, in order to improve security and auditability.
In November 2018, Pennsylvania settled an election lawsuit by Jill Stein requiring that counties implement voting systems with voter-verifiable paper records of each vote cast by 2020, and that counties use robust pre-certification audits by 2022. Thank you, Jill Stein!
In December 2018, Montgomery County (the 3rd largest county in Pennsylvania) approved a new contract for a voter-marked paper ballot system with a verifiable paper trail.

The Work Ahead

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