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Wisconsin bill would repeal ‘outdated’ ballot drawdown law and require risk-limiting audits
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Because ballots are generally unidentifiable, the law would call for election officials to remove one ballot at random.
Related Story Under Wisconsin ‘drawdown’ election law, one voter’s error can disenfranchise another Election officials aren’t crazy about a practice called a ballot drawdown and say it is reserved only for extraordinary cases.
Proposal would require risk-limiting auditsThe bill also requires risk-limiting audits, a kind of post-election review designed to give statistical confidence that votes are accurately tallied.
The math behind risk-limiting audits is complex, but election experts and officials have long supported the practice.
Liebert, from All Voting is Local, called risk-limiting audits “an effective way to ensure a correct count and detect any statistical anomalies,” while boosting voter confidence.
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