Statistician calls for audit to address election hacking fears

Re:Statistician calls for audit to address election hacking ... by xamuel on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @10:58PM (#13019875)

If we want to make these kind of audits part of the process, we need to put the statisticians in an isolated environment before the election. Tell them Candidate A won by X% in such-and-such counties, but don't tell them who A is.

Any other way, it's kids crying about the rules after losing Monopoly.

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Re:Statistician calls for audit to address election hacking ... by snowwrestler on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @11:19PM (#13019965)

I would much prefer to standardize on paper ballots, and then we would not have to mess around with statistical analysis and audits of software code.

I think votes should be recorded in a way that any set of adults could easily check for themselves with minimal tools.

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Re:Statistician calls for audit to address election hacking ... by snowwrestler on Wednesday November 23, 2016 @11:20AM (#13023637)

Replying to myself to offer more info:

https://medium.com/@jhalderm/want-to-know-if-the-election-wa...

Apparently WI does use paper ballots, but they are not checked at all unless a recount is called. Which is ridiculous.

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