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The resources below are designed to help election officials conduct election verification processes like audits and recounts.
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Audits & Recounts Resources
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Communicating About Audits
Resource providing quick tips for communicating about election audits with the public, as well as an activity prompt election officials can use to practice.
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Post-Election Tabulation Audit Guide
Guide providing an introduction to the process of conducting different kinds of post-election tabulation audits, as well as the statistics involved.
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Post-Election Tabulation Audits: A Brief Overview
Brief covering the basics of post-election tabulation audits, including defining an audit, discussing why we audit, and describing what is needed to audit.
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Sample Handout: Election Audits
Editable 1-pager describing common election audits for a general audience, with placeholders that election officials can fill in to reflect their own processes.
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Election Audits Across the United States
This document provides insight on the following topics related to audits: types of audits, timing, policies, case studies, and state-specific information.
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Post-election Tabulation Audits
Research paper describing state policies and procedures for post-election tabulation audits across the United States circa 2020.
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Quick Start Guide: Post-election Audits
Brief guide intended to familiarize local election officials with the basic steps to audit an election.
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Chapter 17: Post-election Audits
Chapter 17 of the 2nd edition of the Election Management Guidelines, published in 2023, covers best practices and key considerations related to conducting post-election audits.
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Chapter 19: Recounts
Chapter 19 of the 2nd edition of the Election Management Guidelines, published in 2023, covers best practices and key considerations related to conducting recounts.
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Quick Start Guide: Developing an Audit Trail - Election Day
Brief resource covering basic information about best practices to keep track of election equipment and ballots before, during, and after election day.
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Quick Start Guide: Conducting a Recount
Guide covering the basic best practices for recounting ballots after an election.