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Risk-limiting Audit (RLA)

Risk-limiting Audit (RLA): Risk-limiting audits provide statistical assurance that election outcomes are correct by manually examin- ing portions of paper…

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Risk-limiting audits provide statistical assurance that election outcomes are correct by manually examin- ing portions of paper ballots or voter-verifiable paper records.

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Definition 2

Risk-limiting audits provide statistical assurance that election outcomes are correct by manually examining portions of paper ballots or voter-verifiable paper records.

Source: EAC IT Glossary for Election OfficialsType: external
Definition 3

A post-election audit that provides strong statistical evidence that the election outcome is correct and has a high probability of correcting a wrong outcome.

Source: 2018 Risk Limiting Audit Pilot Project ReportType: external

Sources

1
The State and Local Election Cybersecurity Playbook
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2
EAC IT Glossary for Election Officials
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3
EAC Information Technology Terminology
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4
2018 Risk Limiting Audit Pilot Project Report
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