Assessing the accuracy of the Australian Senate count: Key steps for a rigorous and transparent audit

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2205.14634v2
• Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 05:24:49 GMT
• Title: Assessing the accuracy of the Australian Senate count: Key steps for a rigorous and transparent audit
• Authors: Michelle Blom, Philip B. Stark, Peter J. Stuckey, Vanessa Teague, Damjan Vukcevic
• Abstract summary: This paper explains the main principles and some of the technical details for auditing the scanning and digitisation of the Australian Senate ballot papers. We give a short summary of the motivation for auditing paper ballots, explain the necessary supporting steps for a rigorous and transparent audit, and suggest some statistical methods that would be appropriate for the Australian Senate.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: This paper explains the main principles and some of the technical details for auditing the scanning and digitisation of the Australian Senate ballot papers. We give a short summary of the motivation for auditing paper ballots, explain the necessary supporting steps for a rigorous and transparent audit, and suggest some statistical methods that would be appropriate for the Australian Senate. 22 June 2022 Update: The update includes analysis of Senate preference data from the 2022 Australian election.

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