Defined term

Risk-Limiting Tabulation Audit

Risk-Limiting Tabulation Audit: Post-election tabulation audit procedure for checking a sample of ballots (or voter verifiable records) that provides a…

Also known as: RLA

Alternative names:
RLA
Verified
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Auditing

Definition

Post-election tabulation audit procedure for checking a sample of ballots (or voter verifiable records) that provides a pre-specified statistical chance of correcting the reported outcome of an election if the reported outcome is wrong (that is, if a full hand-count would reveal an outcome different from the reported outcome).

Alternative Definitions

Definition 2

Post-election tabulation audit procedure for checking a sample of ballots or voter verifiable records that is guaranteed to have a large, pre-specified chance of correcting the reported outcome if the reported outcome is wrong.

Source: NIST WebType: semantic
Definition 3

Post-election tabulation audit procedure for checking a sample of ballots (or voter verifiable records) that is guaranteed to have a large, pre-specified chance of correcting the reported outcome if the reported outcome is wrong (that is, if a full hand-count would reveal an outcome different from the reported outcome).

Source: NIST Election GlossaryType: standard

Sources

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Glossary of Election Terms, U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC)
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NIST Election Terminology Glossary, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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EAC Glossary of Terms
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EAC Glossary of Election Terms
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NIST Election Glossary
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