1. Election Audit??
What in the world?

2. Does Idaho do this?

3. What about other states?
29 States require post-election audits

4. Are there different types of audits?
Post-Election Audit
Procedural Audit

5. Hand Count Electronic Count Hand and Electronic Count
Post Election Audit
Hand Count
Electronic Count
Hand and Electronic Count

6. What is recounted?
Varies widely between states. It could be a percent of precincts or a set number of precincts or tied to votes cast or tied to DRE’s.

7. Surrounding States
Washington: 4% of DRE or 1 per Jurisdiction (hand & electronic)
Oregon: Depends on victory margin-10% to 3% precincts recounted (hand)
Utah: 1% of optical scan voting machines state-wide (hand)
Montana: 5% of precincts in each county (hand)
Wyoming: None

8. Procedural Audits Accounting & reconciling ballots Review ballot logs
Security and chain-of-custody procedures
Notice & time line compliance

9. Why do an audit? Pros: Help avoid a full recount
Increase confidence in results
Find programming/equipment errors
Cons:
Time consuming and added cost
Errors blown out of portion with media

10. What is Idaho’s Future?