The risk-limiting audit is a procedure that provides strong statistical evidence that the election outcome is correct, or has a high probability of correcting an outcome that wouldn't match a full hand count of the ballots. The audit itself requires human beings to examine and verify more ballots in close contests and fewer ballots in contests with wider margins.
The 1% Manual Tally is required to be performed after every election. The 1% Manual Tally is a subset of ballots, representing one percent of precincts chosen at random, will be manually tallied and compared to the software-counted votes to verify they match.
Public Notice of the Random Draw and Commencement of the 1% Manual Tally
Risk Limiting Audit and 1% Manual Tally Progress
We will be posting the results and progress of the risk limiting audit process and the 1% Manual Tally.
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View the RLA launch using RLA software tool
View Live Streaming Video of Risk Limiting Audit and 1% Manual Tally
We will be broadcasting the risk limiting audit and 1% tally progress.
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Risk Limiting Audit and 1% Manual Tally Files for Download
We will be making files used to conduct the risk limiting audit and the 1% manual tally available for download.
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View the Random Seed
The random seed is generated by rolling dice, and is used to determine the random sequence of ballots that will be audited.
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View the Random Seed recording part 1
View the Random Seed recording part 2
Risk Limiting Audit and 1% Manual Tally Results
View the final results of the risk-limiting audit
View the final results of the 1% manual tally
Previous Risk Limiting Audits