Vote Miscounts or Exit Poll Error?

Electronic vote counting equipment makes it easy for a few persons to electronically manipulate vote counts and virtually impossible to independently audit vote count accuracy. Without routine independent audits of hand-countable voter verified paper ballots, insiders have freedom to manipulate vote counts with negligible possibility of detection.This new exit poll discrepancy function allows us, for the first time, to know what patterns of exit poll discrepancy result from various combinations ofvote miscounts,partisan exit poll completion rate differences, andrandom sampling error (by simulation).These patterns can be compared with actual discrepancy patterns produced in elections to determine what causes are consistent with actual election discrepancy.This paper also outlines statistical methods to determine the number of precincts with significant discrepancy, and how to test precinct-level exit poll and official election results data for consistency with partisan exit poll response rate explanations. Using these methods, mathematicians or statisticians can determine if vote miscounts are indicated prior to when candidates concede future elections

Mandatory Vote Count Audit

Voters, candidates, citizens and election officials want high confidence in the integrity of the election process by subjecting electronic vote counts to independent manual audits; and by making reports available with which to evaluate rates of voter turnout, voting equipment allocation, under-votes, over-votes, spoiled ballots, voting equipment failure, absentee ballots, uncounted ballots, and provisional ballots. This bill requires routine independent audits of vote count accuracy and requires the release to vote count auditors of records and information necessary to verify the integrity of the vote count audits and to evaluate voter service levels

History of the Debate Surrounding the 2004 Presidential Election

This paper presents a time-line of events, articles, academic papers, and findings surrounding debate about the 2004 U.S. Presidential election