State: Colorado
What is risk limiting audit for elections?
- require all jurisdictions to have a sound ballot accounting process
- require use a batch size of one ballot
- require that a cast vote record exist and be available and retrievable for each individual ballot
How do risk limiting audits combat election hacking?
- The number of ballots to select initially is calculated by using the risk limit and the margin of the contests
- Ballots are next randomly selected
- Each ballot’s vote marking is compared by hand to the CVR for that ballot
What other states are adopting similar protocols? New Mexico & Rhode Island
Was legislation involved? Yes
Governing | Colorado implements Risk-Limiting Audit process to verify election results