In this brief video interview for the PBS News Hour, BIDS Faculty Affiliate Philip Stark , a professor of statistics and the Associate Dean of the Division of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at UC Berkeley, explains risk-limiting audits — double-checking only a random sample of paper ballots to make sure that they match electronic results — which are now being used in over 45 states to verify the accuracy of election results.
How some election officials are trying to verify the vote more easily
Oct 29, 2020 | Miles O'Brien | PBS News Hour
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Berkeley experts offer critical perspectives on election integrity and security
October 28, 2020 | Jon Bashor | Berkeley News
There is a way to make America's 2020 election results trustworthy — but we have to start now
October 13, 2020 | Leanne Watt, Richard Painter, and Philip B. Stark | NBC News
Evidence-Based Elections
May 22, 2012 | Philip B. Stark and David Wagner | IEEE Security & Privacy